![]() He soon finds himself following in the footsteps of her old life, in that he is offered accommodation in her old room, within the eccentric Katou household, where the parents are mourning the loss of a child. Their parents don’t really figure in their lives as there are many family issues. He has travelled from Tokyo to tie up the loose ends of her life. ![]() ![]() The book opens with Ren Ishida, her much younger brother, clutching the urn containing her ashes. It is an average place in Japan, where Keiko Ishida is found murdered. ![]() The novel is set in fictional Akakawa a small, unremarkable town that boasts none of the delights of hot spas, beautiful temples and landscape that one might associate with Japan as a visitor. Rainbirds set against Japanese Lanterns by artist Daniel Kelly ![]()
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