My Broken Mariko

By Waka Hirako,

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Shiino is an ill-tempered office assistant, but when her friend Mariko diesunexpectedly, she becomes determined to get to the bottom of this mystery.Portraying the soulful connection between girls, this is a striking story ofsisterhood and romance.

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1 author picked My Broken Mariko as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

My god, the cover picked me up so quickly, and the story is just as beautiful as that painting. I think about everyone I’ve known as a child, what they might have been going through in their lives, and how they evolved as adults, just like me.

To hear about a friend who took their own life and realize that what you have seen over a decade ago had something to do with it is so gut-wrenching. It makes me want to back and hug every sad kid I was friends with. Huge trigger warnings for rape and suicide.

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