Literary Fiction

Breasts and Eggs

by Mieko Kawakami

On a sweltering summer day, Makiko travels from Osaka to Tokyo with her daughter to visit her sister Natsu. The novel explores the agency women exert over their bodies, charting the emotional underpinnings of physical changes with humor and empathy. A profound meditation on female embodiment, motherhood, and bodily autonomy.

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