{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow","title":"Sisters in Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*The Instant \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e, [Kawakami] proves she is still the most exciting Japanese novelist at work today' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Relentlessly riveting \u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eMy heart felt very tender reading this. Astonishing Kawakami, as always' Frances Cha, author of \u003ci\u003eIf I had Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heart-stopping story of teenage girls on the brink in 1990s Tokyo from the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eHeaven and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'My new favourite book of ALL TIME. The ending absolutely destroyed me.'\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful, emotionally charged exploration of friendship, survival and the quiet brutality of inequality'\u003cbr\u003e'Mieko Kawakami doesn't need a high-speed chase to create tension; she lets a heavy, unsettling mood seep into the floorboards'\u003cbr\u003e'Confirms Kawakami’s place as one of the most vital voices in contemporary literature'\u003cbr\u003e'The character building is second to none . . . Mieko Kawakami is a generational talent'\u003cbr\u003e'This is Kawakami at her best. Not for a second does the pace let up.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807155536216,"sku":"9781035024131","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035024131_3908d225-4869-4c48-9077-212c9e8a7435.jpg?v=1780420524","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sisters-in-yellow","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}