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What's left of me is yours : a novel / by Stephanie Scott.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385544707 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780385544702 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780385544702
- ISBN: 0385544707
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the "wakaresaseya" (literally "breaker-upper"), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. When Sato hires Kaitaro, a wakaresaseya agent, to have an affair with his wife, Rina, he assumes it will be an easy case. But Sato has never truly understood Rina or her desires and Kaitaro's job is to do exactly that--until he does it too well. While Rina remains ignorant of the circumstances that brought them together, she and Kaitaro; fall in a desperate, singular love, setting in motion a series of violent acts that will forever haunt her daughter's life. Told from alternating points of view and across the breathtaking landscapes of Japan, Stephanie Scott exquisitely renders the affair and its intricate repercussions. As Rina's daughter, Sumiko, fills in the gaps of her mother's story and her own memory, Scott probes the thorny psychological and moral grounds of the actions we take in the name of love, asking where we draw the line between passion and possession"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Genre: | Love stories. |
Available copies
- 10 of 11 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bridgeport Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | FIC SCOTT (Text) | 34000147880819 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
What's Left of Me Is Yours : A Novel
Stephanie Scott is a Singaporean and British writer who was born and raised in South East Asia. She read English Literature at York and Cambridge and holds an M.St in Creative Writing from Oxford. Scott was awarded a BAJS Toshiba Studentship for her anthropological work on her novel What's Left of Me Is Yours and has been made a member of the British Japanese Law Association as a result of her research. What's Left of Me Is Yours was named a Brooklyn Book Festival Debut of the Year and a Guardian / Observer Best Debut of 2020. She is based in Singapore and London.
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