Living alone since the age of 62
One person, one dog
many many potted plants
Weekly round trip between Tokyo and Kumamoto
The aging body is screaming
After sending away his parents and husband, the 62-year-old Ito left the United States with his puppy Kramer, returned to Japan, and started living alone as a "young old girl." What new stories will happen in a familiar yet unfamiliar homeland? Ito writes with sensitivity and candor about the physical and mental changes of a woman as she ages, as well as the freedom and loneliness of a person's life. In the constant separation, we face the desolation of life. "Now that I don't have a single family member around me, I'm really free."
Reader comments
It tells the story of the author who lived alone from the age of 60 to 62 when he returned to Japan to teach. He lived in Kumamoto and commuted to Tokyo every week for work. When he was in Tokyo, he lived alone in the house of a female friend of the same age. The three books are all written in fragments, like an old lady recounting her daily life. I like this author so much. Thank you for letting me know that you can live a wonderful life even when you are older.
It tells the story of the author who lived alone from the age of 60 to 62 when he returned to Japan to teach. He lived in Kumamoto and commuted to Tokyo every week for work. When he was in Tokyo, he lived alone in the house of a female friend of the same age. The three books are all written in fragments, like an old lady recounting her daily life. I like this author so much. Thank you for letting me know that you can live a wonderful life even when you are older.