Note: preceding meetup March 10 is What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
• What we'll do
Finish reading, then join us in person, share your insights over a meal and/or drink(s) at Bar Storia del Caffè, The Salil Hotel. It’s on Soi Sukhumvit 57 and is a 7-minute walk from BTS Thonglor station.
Approximately 352 pages.
It’s available for preorder (10 days) aKinokuniya Bookstore for 409 baht.
On amazon kindle it’s $5.99.
On Shopee (few copies left) it’s 412 baht
https://th.shp.ee/gGL6sxT
Or you may prefer the audiobook from audible.com with a running time of 11h 31m.
Should anyonee who RSVP’s be in need of the ebook please contact the host.
Synopsis
In 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, he assumes 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.
Told from alternating points of view and across the breathtaking landscapes of Japan, 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.
• Important to know
No entrance fee, no membership fees. Your patronage of the cafe is highly appreciated, as usage of their facility is without charge. Expect meal/drink to average 450 baht thereabouts
