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Arutsu-mura
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A woman fleeing domestic violence finds herself lost in a remote mountain village where only the elderly live together—a medical suspense novel by a practicing doctor and author! Asuka, unable to bear her husband's domestic violence any longer, runs away from her home in Sapporo and arrives in an unfamiliar village in northern Hokkaido. She is with her 7-year-old daughter, Lisa. The villagers shelter them, an elderly man named Shuzo and his wife Hatsuko, who is bedridden. Shuzo seems to have dementia, mistaking Asuka for his granddaughter and calling her "Natchan." Asuka and her daughter are warmly welcomed by the neighbors, but something is wrong with this village. All the residents are elderly, and almost all of them seem to suffer from dementia, and it seems that they are not even able to live independently. Is the entire village a facility for the elderly? Elderly care by the elderly, young carers, caregiving breakdown... A thought-provoking work that questions "the current state of dementia" in Japan. And a shocking ending!
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