{"product_id":"kakigori-summer-paperback","title":"Kakigori Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Itami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wry and tender novel from the author of \u003cem\u003eFault Lines \u003c\/em\u003eabout three very different sisters reunited in adulthood for one short summer, for readers of \u003cem\u003eHello Beautiful \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBlue Sisters.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Kakigori Summer\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about belonging... I loved retreating into its cocoon of sibling humor as the sisters briefly stepped back to discover their place in it.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003eFlorence Knapp, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Names\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRei, Kiki, and Ai are three sisters divided by distance and circumstance. Ambitious Rei works in finance in London; Kiki is the single mother of a young son, working in a retirement home in Tokyo; and Ai, the youngest, is a peripatetic Japanese music idol. Having lost both parents, one way or another, the sisters rely on each other as family, far-flung as they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ai is embroiled in a scandal, Rei and Kiki pause their own lives to rescue their baby sister. Over the course of a summer spent in their childhood home on the Japanese coast, the sisters will reunite with their sharp-edged grandmother, care for Kiki's irrepressible son, and silently worry about Ai, all while carefully not talking about the circumstances of their mother's death fifteen years before. But silence between sisters can only last for so long...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA transporting and redemptive novel, \u003cem\u003eKakigori Summer \u003c\/em\u003eis a hopeful meditation on love and loss, sisterhood and family, and a profound exploration of the stories we tell ourselves about our past that enable us to move forward into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.91 x 11.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378859012198,"sku":"9780063455221","price":42.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/9Bpv8HGsUK9780063455221.webp?v=1768912474","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/kakigori-summer-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}