Shadow Life

Shadow Life

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Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1626723567 ISBN13: 9781626723566 Release Date: March 2021 Publisher: First Second Length: 368 Pages Weight: 1.45 lbs. Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 8.6" 2022 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Winner for Adult Fiction2022 L.A Times Book Prize Finalist Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. When Kumiko's well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it's not where she wants to be. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. Kumiko revels in the small, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases, eating what she wants, and swimming in the community pool. But something has

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