Abstract

Anzu, a fashion-loving girl, adores her kind and stylish grandmother. But now, her grandmother has developed dementia. She forgets things that happened just a short while ago, cuts her long hair short, and wears plain, comfortable clothes that aren't stylish at all. Her grandmother, who has lost her energy due to her illness, seems almost unrecognizable... Anzu is bewildered by her grandmother's changes, but through their shared hobby of "fashion," she and her grandmother begin to think about how they can help her grandmother stay true to herself.

Author’s Information

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1974. Received an Excellence Award in the Mainichi Children's Novel category for junior high school students. Debuted in 2005 with "The Town Where God Lives" (Iwasaki Shoten). "Grandma's Okay" (Doshinsha) was selected as a required book for the lower elementary school division of the National Youth Reading Essay Contest, won the Children's Pen Award for Fairy Tales, and was later made into a film. Major works include "Mom's Okay: 20 Years of Dementia, My Mother, and Me" (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing), "Start" (Akane Shobo), "Creating the Starry Sky: Planetarium Creator Takayuki Ohira" (Bunken Publishing), and the "Three Little Sisters of the Forest" series (Gakken). / Born in Tokyo in 1981. Illustrator. Works on web advertisements, book and magazine illustrations, portraits, etc. Her major works include "Word Association Dictionary" (edited by Yuueisha, Yuueisha), "Finger Number Transformation" (written by Harumichi Saito, Alice-kan), "If I Were That Girl" (written by Kotosawami, Poplar Publishing), "There Are Clubs Like This: Flowers of the Heart - Flower Arrangement Club & Soccer Club" (written by Sumiko Yatsuka, Shin Nihon Shuppansha), and the "Blue Sky Elementary School Various Committees" series (written by Hiroko Komatsubara, Holp Shuppan). Official website: https://awai880.wixsite.com/awai