Independence Day
About This Novel
"Independence Day" is a collection of short stories by Japanese female writer Maiha Harada. The book contains 24 short stories, connected by the stories of 24 women, like a rolling scroll of female portraits. They have different ages, occupations, and living conditions, and face different difficulties and fetters. However, they all mustered up the courage to take a small step, saying goodbye to their past selves and opening a new page in their lives. A working woman who is unable to break through class boundaries and integrate into a new environment; a bitter lover who is repeatedly subjected to domestic violence but dare not leave her boyfriend; a senior white-collar worker who is unable to move forward in the economic crisis and is swallowed up by the workplace; a comic creator who is deeply stung by his ideals and cannot see the future; a man who is transferred to a new job with his husband and settles in New York In the city, stay-at-home mothers who feel alienated and lonely; graduates who are faced with the choice of staying in Tokyo to work hard or returning to their hometown;... Love and marriage, career and ideals, setbacks and partings, illness and depression, every woman has been overwhelmed by the burden of life and struggled for freedom. If you want to achieve true "independence", you must get rid of the constraints of your heart. Even if you are troubled, confused, and covered with scars, you must bravely take a step forward.
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