Mieko Kawakami for Sisters in Yellow

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.