Set in Okinawa, Japan, Momoko Akiyama, the temperamental daughter of two intellectuals, has always considered World War II as a faraway problem. Her only worries are the political dissidents who come to her house, her brother's disappearances every Wednesday in the early dawn hours, and bullying at school. Jun Kobayashi, the gravedigger's daughter, is painfully shy. She can hardly get a sentence out without stuttering. She is the polar opposite of the attention-seeking Momoko. For good or for bad, they are the most ...
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Set in Okinawa, Japan, Momoko Akiyama, the temperamental daughter of two intellectuals, has always considered World War II as a faraway problem. Her only worries are the political dissidents who come to her house, her brother's disappearances every Wednesday in the early dawn hours, and bullying at school. Jun Kobayashi, the gravedigger's daughter, is painfully shy. She can hardly get a sentence out without stuttering. She is the polar opposite of the attention-seeking Momoko. For good or for bad, they are the most important people in each other's lives, but, soon, everything they ever believed will be challenged by the arrival of a letter.
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