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Ayano Kanai lives in a rare Chinese-style courtyard house in Higashi-Koganei, Tokyo. One day, she receives a message from her mother about a "banquet" to celebrate her grandmother Tokuko's 90th birthday. Her grandmother's marriage to a young man who was about to be sent off to war, a certain decision she made on the day she turned sixteen, and why she decided to throw such a lavish banquet herself—Ayano traces her grandmother's life and learns of the hidden hardships and passions she faced. The good times—they are not in the past, but in the future. A full-length novel that touches upon the true value of life.

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• Categories->Books
• Categories->Language Learning->Adult
• Languages->World Languages->Japanese
• Subjects->Novel