Mori poetically conveys the sentiments of a young girl who has lost her mother to suicide, because her husband has been having an eight-year affair, and only a year after Shizuko’s death Yuki’s father re-marries the same woman. Although most of the narrative is written from Yuki’s point of view, the thoughts of other characters (Yuki’s father, stepmother and grandparents) are also depicted in brief yet perceptive segments. A cast of three- dimensional characters, keen imagery and attention to detail produce an emotionally and culturally rich tale tracing the evolution of despair into hope.
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