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Cherry Blossoms
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death
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grief
happiness
Japan
Kim Hooper
Language_English
loneliness
lost love
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peace with past
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regrets
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suicide
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- ISBN 9781684421763
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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From the author of the critically-acclaimed debut People Who Knew Me comes the story of one man’s determination to abandon his will to live.
Jonathan Krause is a man with a plan. He is going to quit his advertising job and, when his money runs out, he is going to die. He just has one final mission: A trip to Japan. It’s a trip he was supposed to take with his girlfriend, Sara. It’s a trip inspired by his regrets. And it’s a trip to pay homage to the Japanese, the inventors of his chosen suicide technique.
In preparation for his final voyage, Jonathan enrolls in a Japanese language class where he meets Riko, who has her own plans to visit her homeland, for very different reasons. Their unexpected and unusual friendship takes them to Japan together, where they each struggle to make peace with their past and accept that happiness, loneliness, and grief come and go—just like the cherry blossoms.
Haunted by lost love, Jonathan must decide if he can embrace the transient nature of life, or if he must choose the certainty of death.
Kim Hooper is the author of PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME, hailed as "refreshingly raw and honest" by the Wall Street Journal. CHERRY BLOSSOMS is her second novel. She lives in Southern California with her husband, daughter, and a collection of pets.
