The Wabi-sabi Doll

<p>After fourteen months of living in her home from home Tottori a town by the coast on the Sea of Japan Londoner Kimberly Thatcher <em>should</em> have been settled in her job. She <em>should</em> have been happy with her new boyfriend Naoki. She <em>should</em> have been moving on with her life after traumatic events of the previous year had finally been buried. Or had they?</p><p></p><p>When her abusive ex-fiance Carl made an unwelcome return to Japan in a seemingly picture-perfect new relationship Kimberly found herself having to confront demons that she thought had been put to rest. Soon after Carl's arrival a mysterious Japanese doll appeared on her doorstep and a fateful encounter with a sexy stranger Shinichi set her life on a different path.</p><p></p><p>What messages did the Wabi-sabi doll hold for her? Why did her life unravel as an obsessive fixation with the doll began? Would Kimberly's dark past consume her or would her soul-searching downward spiral end?</p>