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Breasts and eggs / Mieko Kawakami ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

"Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own. It tells the story of three women: the thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko's daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement procedure. She is accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently grown silent, finding herself unable to voice the vague yet overwhelming pressures associated with growing up. Her silence proves a catalyst for each woman to confront her fears and frustrations. On another hot summer's day ten years later, Natsu, on a journey back to her native city, struggles with her own indeterminate identity as she confronts anxieties about growing old alone and childless."--Provided by publisher.

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Adult fiction   City Branch . . On Loan . 22 Apr 2024
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ISBN 9781529054224
1529054222
9781509898206
1509898204
9781509898213
9781609455873
Author Kawakami, Mieko, 1976- author.
Title Breasts and eggs / Mieko Kawakami ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.
Published London : Picador, 2020.
Physical description 430 pages ; 22 cm
General note Originally published in Japan as Natsumonogatari.
Summary "Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own. It tells the story of three women: the thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko's daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement procedure. She is accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently grown silent, finding herself unable to voice the vague yet overwhelming pressures associated with growing up. Her silence proves a catalyst for each woman to confront her fears and frustrations. On another hot summer's day ten years later, Natsu, on a journey back to her native city, struggles with her own indeterminate identity as she confronts anxieties about growing old alone and childless."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Women -- Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Women -- Japan -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Women -- Identity -- Fiction
Augmentation mammaplasty -- Fiction
Puberty -- Fiction
Aging -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction
Families -- Japan -- Fiction
Women -- Social life and customs
Women -- Social conditions
Manners and customs
Aging -- Psychological aspects
Augmentation mammaplasty
Families
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Japan
Additional author Bett, Sam, 1986- translator.
Boyd, David (David G.) translator.
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