Goodbye Tsugumi (2002) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Tsugumi: Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a "normal" family. At the same time, Tsugumi's family is planning to close the inn and leave behind the landscape that has been home to them for so long. When Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. She also has to confront both Tsugumi's inner strength and the real possibility of losing her.
• Maria Shirakawa: A teenage girl living in Japan with her family, Maria is the narrator of the story.

Quotes edit see section history

• “On rainy days like this both the past and the future dissolve quietly into the air and hover there, surrounding you.”

  Maria (narration - pg 83)

• “Her face had that look on it that people get when they're struggling to hold back tears-the saddest expression in the world.”

  Maria (narration - pg 140)

• “I'm in love with you, babe.”

  Tsugumi to Kyoich p. 96i

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Banana Yoshimoto (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Asian
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary