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From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in
Tokyo, a novel that moves between Japan past and pre-
sent to tell a time-bending story about desire and
destiny.
Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in
a relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, by chance, she runs
into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual
escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams. And so, each
night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the 17th
century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle Ages. As
she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to reconsider
her life as a 21st century woman, as a wife, as a mother, and as a lover, and to
ask herself whether, after loving her husband and loving Mr Takaoka, she is
now ready for her third great love.
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