{"product_id":"whats-left-of-me-is-yours-paperback","title":"What's Left of Me Is Yours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Each chapter of this enrapturing novel is elegantly brief and charged with barely contained emotion.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping debut set in modern-day Tokyo and inspired by a true crime, for readers of \u003ci\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Left of Me Is Yours \u003c\/i\u003echarts a young woman's search for the truth about her mother's life--and her murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the wakaresaseya (literally \"breaker-upper\"), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. When Satō hires Kaitarō, a wakaresaseya agent, to have an affair with his wife, Rina, both assume it will be an easy case. But Satō has never truly understood Rina or her desires and Kaitarō's job is to do exactly that--until he does it too well. While Rina remains ignorant of the circumstances that brought them together, she and Kaitarō fall in a desperate, singular love, setting in motion a series of violent acts that will forever haunt her daughter's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an engrossing dual narrative inspired by a true crime, Stephanie Scott exquisitely renders the affair and its intricate repercussions. As Rina's daughter, Sumiko, fills in the gaps of her mother's story and her own memory, Scott probes the thorny psychological and moral grounds of the actions we take in the name of love, asking where we draw the line between passion and possession.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is a Singaporean and British writer who was born and raised in South East Asia. She read English Literature at York and Cambridge and holds an M.St in Creative Writing from Oxford. Scott was awarded a BAJS Toshiba Studentship for her anthropological work on her novel \u003ci\u003eWhat's Left of Me Is Yours\u003c\/i\u003e and has been made a member of the British Japanese Law Association as a result of her research. \u003ci\u003eWhat's Left of Me Is Yours\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Brooklyn Book Festival Debut of the Year and a \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Best Debut of 2020. She is based in Singapore and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768085512480,"sku":"9780525565512","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b008de70334cdbe199ef8c1863beb243.webp?v=1780324338","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/whats-left-of-me-is-yours-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}