Goodbye Tsugumi

Goodbye Tsugumi Hardcover – August 1, 2002 by Banana Yoshimoto (Author), Michael Emmerich (Translator).

Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a "normal" family. At the same time, Tsugumi's family is planning to close the inn and leave behind the landscape that has been home to them for so long. When Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. She also has to confront both Tsugumi's inner strength and the real possibility of losing her.

Product details

• Product details

• Format Hardback | 186 pages
• Dimensions 135 x 192 x 20mm | 272g
• Publication date 09 Aug 2002
• Publisher Grove/Atlantic
• Publication City/Country United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0802116388
• ISBN13 9780802116383