KAKIGORI SUMMER: A FAMILY SAGA OF SISTERHOOD, SECRETS, REDEMPTION AND REUNIONS BY EMILY ITAMI
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR
A wry and tender novel from the author ofĀ Fault LinesĀ about three very different sisters reunited in adulthood for one short summer in coastal Japan, navigating domestic life with their sharp-edged grandmother and decidedly avoiding resurfaced memories of their mother's disappearance--for readers ofĀ Hello BeautifulĀ andĀ Blue Sisters.
"This novel had me hooked from the first chapter. Three sisters, Japan, the complexities of family bonds, love and loss. I got totally immersed in their lives. It's funny and insightful and poignant and uplifting . . . And a rare accoladeāthe most excellent and satisfying ending!" --Karen Angelico, author ofĀ Everything We Are
Rei, Kiki, and Ai are half-Japanese, half-British sisters divided by distance and circumstance. Ambitious Rei works in finance in London; Kiki is the single mother of a young son, working in a retirement home in Tokyo; and Ai, the youngest, is a peripatetic Japanese music idol. Bonded by the loss of their parents and their sharedĀ haafuĀ identity, the sisters rely on each other as family, far-flung as they are.
When Ai is embroiled in a scandal, Rei and Kiki pause their own lives to rescue their baby sister. Over the course of a summer spent in their childhood home on the Japanese coast, the sisters will reunite with their sharp-edged grandmother, care for Kikiās irrepressible son, and silently worry about Ai, all while carefully not talking about the circumstances of their motherās death fifteen years before. But silence between sisters can only last for so longā¦
A transporting and redemptive novel,Ā Kakigori SummerĀ is a hopeful meditation on love and loss, sisterhood and family, and a profound exploration of the stories we tell ourselves about our past that enable us to move forward into the future.
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Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR
A wry and tender novel from the author ofĀ Fault LinesĀ about three very different sisters reunited in adulthood for one short summer in coastal Japan, navigating domestic life with their sharp-edged grandmother and decidedly avoiding resurfaced memories of their mother's disappearance--for readers ofĀ Hello BeautifulĀ andĀ Blue Sisters.
"This novel had me hooked from the first chapter. Three sisters, Japan, the complexities of family bonds, love and loss. I got totally immersed in their lives. It's funny and insightful and poignant and uplifting . . . And a rare accoladeāthe most excellent and satisfying ending!" --Karen Angelico, author ofĀ Everything We Are
Rei, Kiki, and Ai are half-Japanese, half-British sisters divided by distance and circumstance. Ambitious Rei works in finance in London; Kiki is the single mother of a young son, working in a retirement home in Tokyo; and Ai, the youngest, is a peripatetic Japanese music idol. Bonded by the loss of their parents and their sharedĀ haafuĀ identity, the sisters rely on each other as family, far-flung as they are.
When Ai is embroiled in a scandal, Rei and Kiki pause their own lives to rescue their baby sister. Over the course of a summer spent in their childhood home on the Japanese coast, the sisters will reunite with their sharp-edged grandmother, care for Kikiās irrepressible son, and silently worry about Ai, all while carefully not talking about the circumstances of their motherās death fifteen years before. But silence between sisters can only last for so longā¦
A transporting and redemptive novel,Ā Kakigori SummerĀ is a hopeful meditation on love and loss, sisterhood and family, and a profound exploration of the stories we tell ourselves about our past that enable us to move forward into the future.
Softcover Book
