![]() ![]() ![]() In the building across the way, also on the second floor, a young man about her age is staring back at her. In her free time, she finds herself staring out of the window of her second floor apartment. In Tokyo, her graphic artist background lands her a job painting a mural on an elementary school that was to be torn down. She is anxious to leave the small town she grew up in and see what the big city has to offer. Now that her mother has passed on, she sees herself as free. Chihiro sees her mothers death in some ways as a blessing, but then she has not had time to deal with what the loss really means. ![]() The kind of parents who would not have approved of a marriage between the two. Chihiro's father was a Tokyo businessman, and son of rich, prominent parents. It was a different experience, but not an unpleasant one.Ĭhihiro is a 30-something Japanese woman whose mother had recently died. I've read some excellent reviews for books written by Banana Yoshimoto, so I wanted to experience this author for myself. ![]()
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