Even in Tokyo's glittering maze, Margaret is a well respected English teacher at a Japanese flight attendant training school. As she struggles to find her bearings in the world, Margaret joins other expats in a dive bar in Japan, where she drinks to forget the past and has flings with attractive guys in hotels to satisfy a transitory need. When Margaret meets Kazu, a dashing Yakuza, she falls in love with him despite the risk and tradition that stand in the way of their being together. Throughout the book, we follow Margaret as she navigates the complexities of adolescence and what it means to be on the run as an adult.
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Even in Tokyo's glittering maze, Margaret is a well respected English teacher at a Japanese flight attendant training school. As she struggles to find her bearings in the world, Margaret joins other expats in a dive bar in Japan, where she drinks to forget the past and has flings with attractive guys in hotels to satisfy a transitory need. When Margaret meets Kazu, a dashing Yakuza, she falls in love with him despite the risk and tradition that stand in the way of their being together. Throughout the book, we follow Margaret as she navigates the complexities of adolescence and what it means to be on the run as an adult.
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