{"product_id":"9781035024131","title":"Sisters in Yellow","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Kawakami, Mieko \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 March 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e224 x 146 x 41 | 548g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With Sisters in Yellow, [Kawakami] proves she is still the most exciting Japanese novelist at work today' The Times'Relentlessly riveting  . . . My heart felt very tender reading this. Astonishing Kawakami, as always' Frances Cha, author of If I had Your FaceA heart-stopping story of teenage girls on the brink in 1990s Tokyo from the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of HEAVEN and BREASTS AND EGGSHana has nothing but she’s hopeful. She’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimiko is older, a bright light in Hana’s 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 the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana’s hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limit . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders love Sisters in Yellow:'My new favourite book of ALL TIME. The ending absolutely destroyed me.''A powerful, emotionally charged exploration of friendship, survival and the quiet brutality of inequality''Mieko Kawakami doesn't need a high-speed chase to create tension; she lets a heavy, unsettling mood seep into the floorboards''Confirms Kawakami’s place as one of the most vital voices in contemporary literature''The character building is second to none . . . Mieko Kawakami is a generational talent''This is Kawakami at her best. Not for a second does the pace let up.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179172270461,"sku":"9781035024131","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781035024131.jpg?v=1778955257","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781035024131","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}