{"product_id":"9781035024131","title":"Sisters in Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Kawakami, Mieko \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished 19\/03\/2026 by PAN MACMILLAN                   (Picador) in the United Kingdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardback | 448 pages\u003c\/p\u003e224 x 146 x 41mm | 548g\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'With Sisters in Yellow, [Kawakami] proves she is still the most exciting Japanese novelist at work today' The TimesFrom the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of Heaven and Breasts and Eggs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimiko is older, a bright light in Hana’s dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana’s hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limit . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tales on Market Street","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491376529614,"sku":"9781035024131","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7727\/4318\/files\/9781035024131.jpg?v=1776347793","url":"https:\/\/top-hatandtales.co.uk\/products\/9781035024131","provider":"Top Hat \u0026 Tales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}