Goodbye Tsugumi -- Banana Yoshimoto, Paperback Ervin Richardson The final battle of the

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Goodbye Tsugumi -- Banana Yoshimoto, Paperback Ervin Richardson The final battle of theBanana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and