Japan Booksellers' Award ほんやたいしょう
Edition 22 (2025)
Booksellers' Award CategoryDiscovery CategoryTranslated Fiction CategoryNonfiction Category
Winners
1 peopleAfter her brother's sudden death, Kaoruko meets Setsuna, his former partner, amid matters of inheritance. Through work for a housekeeping service, the contrasting women gradually build a relationship through food and everyday life.
Eating and living become ways for wounded people to connect again.
304 pages
familylossfoodcarerenewal