This story will support your life

Following 52 Herutsu no kujira tachi (The 52-hertz Whales), Sonoko Machida was nominated for the Japan Booksellers' Award for the second year in a row for Hoshi wo sukuu (Scooping Up the Stars). The new work by this much-talked-about author is a story of salvation and rebirth. It depicts a young girl, Sora, who grows up in a disfunctional family and develops thanks to her relationship with food.

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