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Having grown up by the sea with her invalid cousin Tsugumi, Maria moves to Tokyo and encounters university life and impending adulthood, and spending a last summer with her cousin, she comes to a new understanding about home and family.
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 2003Faber · 192 pages · 9780571212842
- Paperback · English · 2003Faber and Faber · 192 pages · 9780571212798
- Paperback · English · 2003Grove Press · 192 pages · 9780802139917
- Paperback · English · 2002Faber and Faber · 178 pages · 9780571212743
- Other · English · 2002Grove Press · 186 pages · 9780802116383
CousinsFemale friendshipFictionInvalidsIllegitimate childrenFriendshipFiction, generalJapan, fiction