Fumio Yamamoto – författare

The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern'Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working'So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as ThisIzumi needs to get a job. Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. Katō needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.Sumie just needs somewhere to live. In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.

The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern'Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working'So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as ThisIzumi needs to get a job. Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. Katō needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.Sumie just needs somewhere to live. In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.

'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern'Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working'So brilliantly written' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This'[Will] rattle your heart and brain' Dakota JohnsonIzumi needs to get a job.Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer.Katō needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.Sumie just needs somewhere to live.

Minazuki is stuck. A mousy divorcée scraping by as a part-time translator and bento seller, she moves through life cautiously, haunted by past mistakes that shattered her marriage. She knows better than to make reckless choices for love again. Then she meets Itsuji - the charming celebrity author and walking red flag. When he sweeps her into his life as both his lover and assistant, Minazuki is well aware she's stepping onto dangerous ground. The mix of public scrutiny, tangled power dynamics, and her own history of self-destructive love should make her run. Instead, she leans in, unable to resist the thrill-even as she watches herself unravel.Darkly funny and psychologically sharp, Loveaholic is a gripping portrait of a woman drawn toward her own undoing and shows Fumio Yamamoto's gift for creating heroines whose flaws are not mere quirks but rather avenues for illuminating deep, uncomfortable truths about what it means to be a woman in Japanese society. With piercing insight into desire, power, and the precarious balance between devotion and self-destruction, Fumio Yamamoto delivers an unforgettable novel about what it means to lose oneself in love.