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   マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 16:33:30 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

   I really enjoyed Mongrel by Hanako Footman. A story of three women, initially separate, but you soon realise they're closely connected. Mei grows up "hafu" in England after losing her Japanese mother, Yuki comes to England to study music and falls for an older teacher, and Haruka grows up without a father (and eventually mother) in Niigata before working in seedy bars in Tokyo.
   Something about the book made me think it would make a great movie, or maybe even better, TV series.

   It's also the first novel I've read that features the language school I'm learning Japanese at (see highlight) 😁: "When she had taken a fresh notebook and a new pencil case to a language school in Holborn, and had learnt beginners Japanese with other students."
   #Mongrel #HanakoFootman #InternationalHouseLondon

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 17:57:57 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • Robert Belton

     @shiawase International House

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     Robert Belton (shiawase@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 17:57:58 JST Robert Belton

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     @mario
     City Lit?