Sisters in Yellow - Mieko Kawakami

Category: General Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Japan Japanese Literature

Written by Mieko Kawakami
Read by Annie Q. Riegel
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

THE 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 Face

A heart-stopping story of teenage girls on the brink in 1990s Tokyo from the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of HEAVEN and BREASTS AND EGGS

Hana 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.

Kimiko 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.

But 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 . . .

A 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.

Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
Release date: 03-19-26