{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow-mieko-kawakami","title":"Sisters in Yellow - Mieko Kawakami","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\" style=\"transition: height 0.3s ease-in-out; height: 1091px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize Shortlisted author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHana has nothing but she's hopeful. She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that caters to hostesses and their marks, small-time crooks, men with low morals and deep pockets, and anyone down on their luck. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut in the seedy streets of Setagaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limt . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty years later, Kimiko is on trial. Now Hana must wrestle with her own actions, and face their devastating consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal,\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e448 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47741075292314,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/sisters-in-yellow-9781035096138.jpg?v=1776134028","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/sisters-in-yellow-mieko-kawakami","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}