九年前の祈り

Sanae, thirty-five, comes back to the small seaside settlement where she grew up, bringing her little son Kebin. His Canadian father, Frederic, disappeared when the boy was about one, leaving him nothing but his good looks, and when something sets Kebin off he thrashes and screams in fits she can barely manage. Worn out by him, she keeps thinking back to what Mitchan-nee, an older woman from the village, said to her nine years earlier, until the two women's feelings seem to meet across the years. Four further stories complete the book.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

221 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Japan

First published

2014 by Kodansha

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9784062192927 (original)