Shizuko's Daughter
ISBN:
9780606071536 (0606071539)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 214
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Japan,
High School,
Japanese Literature
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book. The writing is very beautiful and each chapter reads like a short story. Many of the chapters were published as short stories before they were brought together into this book. It only shows occasionally. I thought the ending was a strange choice...
This story of a mother's suicide and how her teenage daughter copes with it was one that I had high hopes for. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work. None of the characters move beyond a two-dimensional state, and most of them are fairly nasty people, especially Hideki and Hanae. Pity, this could have...
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