Child of Fortune

A terrific novel Angela CarterKoko wont do what is expected of her. Defying her familys wishes she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now after a casual affair she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter? As she faces the future memories of her own childhood loss flood into her consciousness threatening to overwhelm her.Combining the beauty and unease of a dream this haunting novel is an unflinching portrayal of a womans innermost fears and desires.As relevant today as when it was published ... at once powerfully uplifting and achingly sad Japan Times About the Author Yuko Tsushima was born in Tokyo in 1947 the daughter of the novelist Osamu Dazai who took his own life when she was one year old. Her prolific literary career began with her first collection of short storiesShaniku-sai (Carnival) which she published at the age of twenty-four. She won many awards including the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature (1977) the Kawabata Prize (1983) and the Tanizaki Prize (1998). She died in 2016.