Sakura: A Novel

Sakura: A NovelAvailable in English at last, the international bestseller from one of Japan's most acclaimed authors, a touching tale of a broken family contending with the pain of the past to live in the present, helped by the unforgettable dog who becomes their lifeline. Sakura is the story of a family who is happy, until it isnt. Skipping back and forth in time, it begins when the narrator, Kaoru, receives a letter from his estranged father announcing he will be

“You were dead

People in Japan are masters of minimal living

"Li has converted the messy and devastating stuff of life into a remarkable work of art

Moth and Sani take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors

some you've never heard of but will likely never forget--to unearth the toxic traditions that have long plagued our culture and enabled the abusers who haunt our books

We Are a Haunting follows three generations of a working class family and their inherited ghosts: a story of hope and transformation

In the midst of it all

The Chinese became the country’s first undocumented immigrants: hounded

As the keeper of her family’s stories and treasured dishes

Garbes reveals the way systems exploit caregiving and shows us how the essential work of mothering can fix not just family life

With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons

complete with glittering balls and princes with marriage proposals