Dilemmas Of Working Women

The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women

Izumi needs to get a job.
Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer.
Kat needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.
Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.
Sumie just needs somewhere to live.

In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.