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Dead-End Memories

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Dead-End Memories

By: Banana Yoshimoto, Asa Yoneda - translator
Narrated by: Kathleen Li
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Japan's internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful moments and the sorrows that surround us in everyday life

First published in Japan in 2003, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery.

Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fiancé who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncle's bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. In "House of Ghosts," the daughter of a yoshoku restaurant owner encounters the ghosts of a sweet elderly couple who haven't yet realized that they've been dead for years. In "Tomo-chan's Happiness," an office worker who is a victim of sexual assault finally catches sight of the hope of romance.

Yoshimoto's gentle, effortless prose reminds us that one true miracle can be as simple as having someone to share a meal with, and that happiness is always within us if only we take a moment to pause and reflect. Discover this collection of what Yoshimoto herself calls the "most precious work of my writing career."

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Perhaps it is because this is one of my favorite books, I was appalled at the reading delivered. The stories have a calm and direct style, but the reading sounded almost robotic, as if enunciated by Siri or Alexa.

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I enjoyed the calm slice-of-life pace of these stories. They all have fatal or near death elements, but the message is optimistic.

The chapter 6 recording is only 3 mins long while all other stories are ~30mins. It seems to be prematurely cut.

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Chapter Six cuts off only a few minutes in, interrupted mid-word.

Otherwise it's pretty decent. A collection of sweet stories about women in interesting places in life

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