b'My heart felt very tender reading this. Astonishing Kawakami, as always/b' bFrances Cha, author of iIf I Had Your Face/i/bpbr /bFrom the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of iHeaven/i andi Breasts and Eggs./i/bbr /br /Hana has nothing but she's hopeful. She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears.br /br /Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.br /br /But in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limit . . .br /br /bA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, iSisters in Yellow /iis a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation./b/p
