{"product_id":"gifted","title":"Gifted","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGifted\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSuzuki Suzumi\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9798893389005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTransit Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA subtle and intimate accounting of a daughter's final days with her mother, set amid the rush of Tokyo's red-light district.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on her own experiences as a hostess and adult film actor, \u003ci\u003eGifted\u003c\/i\u003e--Suzumi Suzuki's first novel to be translated into English--offers a nuanced, frank, and intimate portrayal of the lives of a mother and daughter getting by (or not) in an industry rarely depicted authentically in literary fiction.In the last days of her mother's life, a young woman living in Tokyo's red-light district is thrust into a split existence. By day, she negotiates her new role as caregiver of an abusive parent. By night, she drifts home from the hospital, goes out with other sex-workers, thinks about quitting smoking, and numbly remembers Eri, a friend who died the summer before. Her sensitivity to the details of her surroundings grounds an otherwise unstable world, one where each interaction requires a subtle negotiation of economic and sexual power, and proximity rarely means intimacy or connection.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Gifted | Suzuki Suzumi | Paperback | 9798893389005 | New | Fiction 1622838","offer_id":50768339534082,"sku":"1622838","price":38.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81PpxH9H4kL.jpg?v=1792116555","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/gifted","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}