Abstract

A female journalist traces the life of a girl who officially didn't exist!
—Do not look away until the shocking conclusion.

One summer day, a young girl died.
Abandoned deep in the mountains, her body was discovered two weeks after her passing. Because she was an unregistered child with no official family record, it took a painfully long time just to identify her.

What was in the heart of this "invisible" girl, who slipped through the cracks of society, during her final days?
Through her own independent investigation, journalist Michiru Isono eventually arrives at a cruel truth, but...

A provocative and terrifyingly real novel, where the desperate "prayer" of a fallen girl will tear at your heart!!

What is love? What is friendship? What is the meaning of life?
A deeply moving human mystery guaranteed to make you cry!

Author’s Information

Based in Tokyo, the author made her literary debut in 2011 when her breakout novel, 49 Days to Heaven (Tengoku made no 49-nichi), won the Grand Prize at the 5th Japan Mobile Phone Novel Awards. In addition to her career as a novelist and columnist, she is also active as a fortune and luck advisor.

She has built a strong and dedicated readership with her signature storytelling, which vividly captures the preciousness and fragility of life, as well as the dark, obsessive madness of youth.

Selected Works:

Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha:
A 16-Year-Old's Suicide Note (16-sai no Isho)
The Lonely Murderer (Hitoribotchi no Satsujinki)
Until I Kill My Idol (Watashi ga Oshi o Korosu made)

Starts Publishing:
The 49 Days to Heaven series
Searching for a Missing Friend (Yukuefumei no Yuujin o Sagashiteimasu)

Shueisha:
The Seagull Diner (Kujukurihama no Umi Shokudo Kamometei)