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Review: Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay



Blurb from Goodreads:
Combining the incisive intimacy of Sally Rooney with the sharp wit of Helen Fielding, a compulsively readable and astonishingly relatable debut novel about marriage, motherhood, love, self and the vibrant, surprising city that is modern Tokyo

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 she would rather throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband and hanging up laundry.

Then, one rainy night, she meets Kiyoshi, a successful restaurateur. In him, she rediscovers freedom, friendship, 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.

Funny, provocative, and startlingly honest, Fault Lines is for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and asked, who am I and how did I get here? A bittersweet love story and a piercing portrait of female identity, it introduces Emily Itami as a debut novelist with astounding resonance and wit.
I loved this book so much and read it in only two sittings because I couldn't put it down.  I usually love epistolary novels and this was no exception.  Even though the end was bittersweet, I found the correspondence, characters, descriptions of food and general atmosphere so enchanting and it just made me feel good. Definitely recommend this one!!

Love & Saffron comes out next week on February 8, 2022, you can purchase HERE!  This book is SO good!!
I hope this letter finds you well. For that matter, I hope it finds you, since I am sending it to Northwest Home & Life magazine, where I so enjoyed your recent tale about digging for clams. I laughed out loud at your smug heron and briny crown of kelp. I admire women who do not care if they look foolish in front of others, even though I am not one of them.

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  1. Oh this is on my the list! I entered to win a copy on Goodreads!📘📗📜I enjoyed this post!

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