"A gentle and fascinating character-based coming-of-age story focusing on the unique family support a young woman has been given through her life by five parental figures."
Charming and a little bit different, this book shows that love and support can come in many different forms. It also focuses on resilience as Yuko has been brought up by five different parental figures since her mother died when she was young. Her parents are by no means perfect, they make mistakes and decisions based on their own preferences highlighting Yuko’s adaptability.
As Yuko falls in love, she seeks the blessing of her five parents and we step backwards and forwards in time through her life. Set in Japan, I really felt the difference in culture. Laurel Taylor the translator, enabled me to follow the story while being fully aware that I was witnessing the school, home, and relationship life in a different country.
Food is another theme and her final father figure uses food to support and bolster Yuko, a quiet humour also features within this section of her life. Five Blessings For a Wedding is a gentle ultimately feel-good read framing resilience, positivity and the many forms of love.
A humorous, tender novel about found families and the people who shape our lives
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A humorous, tender novel about found families and the people who shape our lives Yuko has had four different surnames and been brought up in several families, and by various step-parents. Despite not being related by blood, they have all always cared deeply for her.
Five Blessings for a Wedding features in the following genres: Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Family Drama, Feel-Good Fiction, Fiction in translation, General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Interior life, Japan
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Five Blessings for a Wedding was written by Maiko Seo and published by Europa Editions an imprint of Europa Editions (UK) Ltd.
Five Blessings for a Wedding has 320 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.
