The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida: a novel of modern Japan

A bewitching novel set in contemporary Japan about the mysterious suicide of a young woman. Miwako Sumida is dead. Now those closest to her try to piece together the fragments of her life. Ryusei who has always loved her follows Miwako’s trail to a remote Japanese village. Chie Miwako’s best friend was the only person to know her true identity ― but is now the time to reveal it? Meanwhile Fumi Ryusei’s sister is harbouring her own haunting secret. Together they realise that the young woman they thought they knew had more going on behind her seemingly perfect façade than they could ever have dreamed.