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In her debut novel for adults, Kyoko Mori has drawn on ancient myths, reworked with her hallmark lyrical prose, to probe the eternal question: Given the fragility of life, is love too great a risk? Maya Ishida is no stranger to sorrow. Torn from her artist father and native Japan as a child,... read more

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When Maya comes home from work in the late afternoon, the leaf truck is in front of her house, taking away the last of the maple leaves she and her husband have raked.

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  1. Kyoko Mori (Author)
 

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