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A young person in modern times deals with the death of her grandmother by taking up the company of another person dealing with personal loss. It's touching without being overly sentimental, refreshingly clear and honest portrayal of life on earth. wonderful.

Written in simple, yet poetic text. nice descriptions. A young womans grandmother (who she lived with) died. how she dealt with grief, friends she made in the process, healing nature of kitchen. a favorite. also includes shorter second story, as many of yoshimoto's books do.

Very touching story, written in a fun, unusual style. This is a great introduction to Japanese literature, IMO.

The writing style was fine and there was enough to it to keep me reading, but overall I found the book a little depressing. Each of the three stories - two in a pair, and one separate - deal with overcoming the death of a loved one. I would read more by the author only if it had a different theme.

I enjoyed this book. I did find it very descriptive and I was a bit confused about the references to plants and the climbing incident. Overall a quick enjoyable read.

loved her style of writing.... i am now searching for more books by her