(tent) That Shimmering Thing Over There

“I knew it—I just want to grow up as soon as I can.” Sixteen-year-old Midori Edo is spending a summer surrounded by friends, a girlfriend, and a slightly unconventional “family.” And yet, beneath it all, a quiet discomfort with life lingers. This coming-of-age novel captures the bittersweet tension between yearning and hesitation, between childhood and adulthood. In moments both vivid and fragile, Kawakami draws out the subtle, flickering emotions of adolescence—the things that shine, even as they remain just out of reach.