Just So Happens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419715969)

Yumiko was born in Japan but has made a life in London, losing herself in its cosmopolitan bustle. She has a gallery show of her art, a good job, and a good guy she plans to marry. The culture she grew up in seems very far away--until her brother phones with the news that their father has died. Yumiko returns to Tokyo and finds herself immersed in the rituals of death while also plunged into the rituals of life--fish bars, bullet trains, pagodas--as she confronts the question of where her future really lies. Just So Happens deals both gently and powerfully with grief, identity, and the pressure not to disappoint one's parents, even after they're gone, in a look at the relationships that build the foundation of our lives.


Author: Fumio Obata
ISBN-10: 1419715968
ISBN-13: 9781419715969
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2015
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.50w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 172584 / Just So Happens