Self-deprecating thirty-six-year-old Keiko Furukura lives in Tokyo. Her family is not happy with the way she is. She is awkward, never has felt as though she fits in anywhere . . . until she starts working at the local convenience store. Here, she finds that she can understand and work with the peo...
[My first full review since April! ::tears of joy:: Maybe I'll be able to write more?] Keiko is a non-neurotypical Japanese woman. As a young child, she learned that she didn't view the world the same way as other people. When she saw a dead bird, for example, other children grieved over it while ...
A very weird book that I related to (but not too much) and read at the right time.