After her mother’s suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her mother’s family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.
- ISBN: 9780449704332
- Author: Mori, Kyoko
- Published: 1994, Fawcett
- Themes: Coming of age, death of mother, healing, mother and daughter, New experiences, Remarriage, Suicide, Tragedy
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 224