# Fault Lines

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- Book: [Fault Lines](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-itami/fault-lines) ([Fault Lines.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-itami/fault-lines.md))
- Authors: [Emily Itami](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-itami), [Lydia Wilson](https://www.bookquiver.com/lydia-wilson)
- Publisher: phoenix
- ISBN: 978-14-7462-025-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2021-05-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'A brilliant modern love story. I found it atmospheric and transporting but also wise, clever and universal in its exploration of love, family and identity. I loved it' Cathy Rentzenbrink Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It's everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether it would be more fun to throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband or hanging up laundry. Then, one rainy night, she meets Kiyoshi, a successful restaurateur. In him, she rediscovers freedom, friendship, a voice, and the neon, electric pulse of the city she has always loved. But the further she falls into their relationship, the clearer it becomes that she is living two lives - and in the end, we can choose only one. Alluring, compelling, startlingly honest and darkly funny, Fault Lines is a bittersweet love story and a daring exploration of modern relationships from a writer to watch.