By the Eisner-winning author of Antique Bakery and Ooku Fumi Yoshinaga weaves together the disparate lives of Yukiko and her friends in five short stories, exploring the women s various relationships with the skill and elegance she is famous for. Yukiko, a salarywoman in her thirties, still lives with her mother Mari. But their relationship suffers a sudden change when Mari announces that she s getting married--to an ex-host and aspiring actor who s younger than Yukiko. Yukiko, convinced he s out to fleece her mom, can t stand to stay in the house and decides to move in with her boyfriend.
