{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow","title":"Sisters in Yellow","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From Mieko Kawakami, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990s. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I have a feeling I won't forget Hana, perpetually running up life's down escalator, willing to try anything to scrape together a little happiness.\" --Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To read her work is to feel that she is not afraid of anything at all.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHana has nothing - she's fifteen years old and living 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 pushed to the limit . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48515497591033,"sku":"9780593537732","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_e5355ef3-8ced-4955-bae2-d4fdcc5991a7.jpg?v=1781207881","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/sisters-in-yellow","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}