The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories

The Dilemmas of Working Women: StoriesA spiky, edgy collection of five sly yet sensitive stories spotlighting clear eyed and difficult women who are navigating their identities as workers and women in contemporary Japana feminist, anti capitalist modern classic published outside Asia and in English for the first time. The Dilemmas of Working Women is Fumio Yamamotos darkly witty look at modern Japanese women who are ambivalent about their lives and jobs. In Naked, a woman whos

Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic

lasting love

a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice

The passengers were surprisingly at ease

Told with suspense and style

But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child

Or so Cleo thinks

Hugh wants nothing to do with Tess (whose Teen Choice Awards somehow don’t quite compare to his BAFTA nominations)

The only bright spot is meeting Jamie

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER •NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees

and this tree bears witness to their hushed

Julia Turshen is a home cook’s best friend