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ISBN | 9789814828215 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Bib. Info | 180p. ; 130mmx198mm. |
Product Weight | 200 gms. |
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1. Japan – Social life and custom – Fiction 2. Japan – Fiction. That Summer was a first growing up. And after it the rustle of grass, the view of the bay, each thing she touched were never the same, but filled with the menace of a dark adult world. ... In her mind everything began on that first day, when she found the new maid, Hiroko, in the kitchen ... An evocative story of a young girl thrust into a dark and sinister adult world. Natsuko, of English-Japanese parentage living in Japan with her older brother and parents, faces the loss of her fragile mother, who is sent back to England for treatment after a breakdown. She is confronted by an arrogant and manipulative new maid, who wins over her father and brother as a surrogate wife and mother. As Hiroko’s influence grows, Natsuko retreats into mounting isolation, confusion, fear and anger, resulting in a dramatic conclusion to this emotionally charged story.