![]() In this world there is no place for sadness. ![]() Waves of clouds were being pushed around by the wind with amazing force. “As we decided where to meet, I looked up at the window. It gives you so much hope in this world that it brought me to tears many times reading: There’s so much warmth and strength in her writing, that even when Mikage seems to hit rock bottom, when she had, she undeniably accepts it as a part of life. ![]() And yet Yoshimoto’s writing never lets Mikage fall apart into helpless little crumbs. Mikage goes through her loss of a family member (in her own way), embracing the grief and loneliness that raptured her everyday. There she meets Yuichi’s transgender mother, Eriko. With nowhere else to go, she receives an invitation by a fellow university classmate, Yuichi, to stay at his place. The story begins with Mikage that had just lost her grandmother, leaving her an orphan. This book is the kind of book that gives you faith in writing. ![]() ![]() I read this a couple of years ago, but it didn’t hit me so hard and straight into my mushy heart as much as it has right now. It was overflowing to the brim maybe my bowl wasn’t big enough for the amount of care I ended up receiving. I was flushed with how much warmth I felt after finishing Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen. ![]()
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