Summary
Years after the death of her cruel and complicated mother, Erika is still surrounded by the things she left behind: an onigiri basket, a Wedgwood tea set, a knotted ring from Okinawa. Against her Japanese family’s wishes, Erika has also kept the urn containing her mother’s ashes and bones, refusing to put Michiko’s memory to rest. She ignores her grief, throwing herself into her work as a chef at a high-end London restaurant.
But when a cousin announces that she will be visiting from …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925972610 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925972615 |
| Author: | Katherine Tamiko Arguile |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 290 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 235mm |
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Katherine Tamiko Arguile
Born and raised in Tokyo, Katherine Tamiko Arguile is an Anglo-Japanese author and arts journalist living in Adelaide, where she runs a small coffee business with her partner. She juggles this with her arts journalism and writing career.
Along the winding road to becoming an author, she’s worked in art galleries, as an advertising executive, a complementary health practitioner, marketing manager, and a ‘Sneaker Pimp’ for adidas. She was once a club DJ and flamenco dancer but now loves the quieter pursuits of baking, printmaking, gardening, yoga, and long-distance running.
Katherine has won various writing awards, and her prize-winning short stories have been published in several anthologies. The Things She Owned is Katherine’s first novel.
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