{"product_id":"9780571212842-goodbye-tsugumi","title":"Goodbye Tsugumi","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a normal family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eKITCHEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The voice of young Japan.' \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' \u003ci\u003eJAPAN TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled and occasionally cruel. Now Maria is moving to Tokyo to go to university.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love, and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love Banana Yoshimoto:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I love her ability to make the mundane glorious and the supernatural and unbelievably unlikely commonplace'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Yoshimoto is there to show us that there is beauty in the simplest things and truth in life's most brutal moments'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'She paints a picture with her words unlike anyone else I've ever read'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31699393642593,"sku":"9780571212842","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40391893.jpg?v=1773896837","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571212842-goodbye-tsugumi","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}