Abstract

"I am different from others because I am a 'monster' and nobody loves me."
When Yu Fujimura was a child, the world around her was small and cold. Her mother had distorted feelings toward her, and her father never came home and did not care about his wife and child. Her parents eventually abandoned her and she moved in with her aunt Tokiko.
Life with Tokiko, an eccentric witch-like woman, and her cat, Ran, is calm and peaceful, but full of love.... A story of a young girl growing up!"

Author’s Information

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Tokyo. Dropped out of the Department of Literature and Art at Nihon University College of Art.
In 2009, she made her debut with "Sankisho" (Kodansha), which won the 4th Shosetsu Gendai Long Story New Writer Award. In 2011, "Yome no Isan" (Kodansha) was published and became a bestseller, receiving enthusiastic support from many booksellers. Other works include "Hikage Ryokan e Irasshai" (Hayakawa Shobo), "Shigatsu Tsuitachi Tei Monogatari" (Poplar Publishing), "Hebi no Michiyuki" (Kodansha), "Eel Girls" (Kobunsha), "How was your day today? (Shueisha), "Custard" and "Lotus" (both from Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha). Her clumsy but warm-hearted human-interest stories have many fans among people of all ages.
Member of the Japan Mystery Writers Association.