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A darkly funny and relatable book about five women in modern Japan - that has been a hugely beloved and influential bestseller there, with over 450,000 copies sold, but has never before been published in English

THE DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN brings together five clear-eyed, wickedly funny novellas about women navigating their identities as workers and as women in contemporary Japan. The book explores the situations of five similarly difficult women who are dealing with the pressures of a capitalist society, a theme as relevant to the present day as it was at the turn of the millennium. Darkly witty, quietly hilarious, and exceptionally relatable, THE DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN builds on Yamamotos own experiences as a working woman and probes questions about the value of work itself and the meaning of employment for women in a world built by and for men.

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The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women

Witty, wise and thought-provoking Cecelia Ahern
Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence Lisa Owens, author of Not Working
So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This

Izumi needs to get a job.
Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer.
Kato needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.
Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.
Sumie just needs somewhere to live.

In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.

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The Dilemmas of Working Women

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