Kakigori summer = Kakigōri no natsu

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Kakigori summer = Kakigōri no natsu / Emily Itami.

Kakigori summer = かき氷の夏 / Emily Itami.

Summary:

When music idol Ai is embroiled in scandal, her sisters, ambitious Rei and single mother Kiki, pause their lives and spend the summer with Ai in their childhood home on the Japanese coast so they can rescue their baby sister.

"Rei, Kiki, and Ai are three sisters divided by distance and circumstance. Ambitious Rei works in finance in London; Kiki is the single mother of a young son, working in a retirement home in Tokyo; and Ai, the youngest, is a peripatetic Japanese music idol. Having lost both parents, one way or another, the sisters rely on each other as family, far-flung as they are. When Ai is embroiled in a scandal, Rei and Kiki pause their own lives to rescue their baby sister. Over the course of a summer spent in their childhood home on the Japanese coast, the sisters will reunite with their sharp-edged grandmother, care for Kiki's irrepressible son, and silently worry about Ai, all while carefully not talking about the circumstances of their mother's death fifteen years before. But silence between sisters can only last for so long... A transporting and redemptive novel, Kakigori Summer is a hopeful meditation on love and loss, sisterhood and family, and a profound exploration of the stories we tell ourselves about our past that enable us to move forward into the future"-- Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063432161
ISBN: 0063432161
ISBN: 9780063457676
ISBN: 0063457679
Physical Description: 328 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York ; Mariner Books, [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

General Note:: Parallel title appears in Japanese on title page as Kakigōri no natsu.
Parallel title appears in Japanese on title page as かき氷の夏.

Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by Phoenix Books, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
Language Note:: Text mainly in English, with some Japanese characters.