The Dilemmas of Working Women

The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women 



Izumi needs to get a job. 

 Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. 

 Kato needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.

 Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.

 Sumie just needs somewhere to live. 



In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.