About the Book: Sisters in Yellow: From the International Booker
Prize-shortlisted Author of Heaven
From the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of Heaven and Breasts and
Eggs
Hana has nothing but shes hopeful. Shes 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 Hanas 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