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DESCRIPTION : The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time – a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women \’Witty, wise and thought-provoking\’ Cecelia Ahern\’Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence\’ Lisa Owens, author of Not Working\’So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later\’ Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This Izumi needs to get a job. Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. Kat needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed. Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend – or marry him. Sumie just needs somewhere to live. In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780349019222 BY (AUTHOR) Yamamoto, Fumio, TRANSLATED BY Bergstrom, Brian PUBLISHER : Little, Brown Book Group PUBLICATION DATE : July 03, 2025 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Virago Press Ltd LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 216 mm x 135 mm PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items