End of the Line

Michael Goodsell

 

After the death of her father, fourteen-year-old Eri Yoshikawa and her mother, Natsuki, try to outdistance despair by moving from their memory-laden apartment in Osaka to a tiny village in a faraway valley, where Natsuki has gained a job teaching. Here, culture-shocked Eri starts her new life and learns that there are many ways the heart can break and be healed.

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An elegiac journey through grief and yearning. Full of warmth and understated tenderness – Yoshida Yuki

In this meditation the author has captured the very essence of Japan – Shinonome Yo

Wondrously humane – Nakamura Také

 

 

About the Author

Michael Goodsell is also the author of: The Possibilities in Emptiness and Use-by, And a collection of short stories,  Life and Death in Nakano-ku.