After the death of her father, fourteen-year-old Eri Yoshikawa and her mother, Natsuki, try to outdistance despair by moving from their memory-laden apartment in Osaka to a tiny village in a faraway valley, where Natsuki has gained a job teaching. Here, culture-shocked Eri starts her new life and learns that there are many ways the heart can break and be healed.

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An elegiac journey through grief and yearning. Full of warmth and understated tenderness
- Yoshida Yuki

In this meditation the author has captured the very essence of Japan
- Shinonome Yo

Wondrously humane

• Nakamura Take