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232 pages, Paperback
First published January 12, 2008
The story is about Suzu, a young lady living in 1940's Hiroshima, helping her family's business of harvesting seaweed when she was sent to be married to Hojo family's only son in Kure. In this volume, readers would be able to see how she adapted as a daughter in law & learnt how to survive in the time of war in her day to day activities. Despite being told that she is a simpleton by others, Suzu displayed a lot of creativity in her thinking to ease her cores.
This is an easy 5 stars for me. I've learned a lot from the footnotes by the translator about the culture and Japan in general.