Sisters in Yellow - Mieko Kawakami Favorites_Book Club Favorites Aviv’s exploration is refracted through

Aviv’s exploration is refracted through her own account of living in a hospital ward at the age of six and meeting a fellow patient with whom her life runs parallel—until it no longer does

he spends nights with millionaires and drug dealers alike

Sex-hungry and book-hungry

which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism

increase our financial stability and enhance our work productivity

Sisters in Yellow - Mieko Kawakami Favorites_Book Club Favorites Aviv’s exploration is refracted throughHana has nothing but shes hopeful. Shes 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. Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hanas 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