From Catfish Rolling's Clara Kumagai, a second novel full of longing, love and heartbreak, inspired by Puccini's Madame Butterfly.Japanese-American 17-year-old Adam has just broken up with his boyfriend Evan and is not looking forward to the excruciating awkwardness at school for the rest of term or a whole summer stuck at home with his dad, step mum and baby brother, Benji. But then Adam discovers a diary in some boxes in the attic and is quickly enthralled by their poignant story. They were written by a young woman in Nagasaki in 1911. Adam is enraptured by her life and loves, becoming totally absorbed in her story. Then he starts to be haunted by her ghostly presence.
| ISBN: | 9781035916962 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 2025 |
| Author: | Clara Kumagai |
| Publisher: | Zephyr an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
Children's and Young Adult Fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories |