{"product_id":"9781915628008","title":"How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart","description":"20—something and uncertain about her future, Florentyna Leow is exhilarated when an old acquaintance offers her an opportunity for work and cohabitation in a little house in the hills of Kyoto. \u003cp\u003eFlorentyna begins a new job as a tour guide, taking tourists on elaborate and expensive trips around Kyoto’s cultural hotspots. Amidst the busy tourist traps and overrun temples, Florentyna develops her own personal map of the city: a favourite smoky jazz kissa; a top—shelf katsuobushi loving cat; an elderly lady named Yamaguchi—san, who shares her sweets and gives Florentyna a Japanese name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, her relationship with her new companion develops an intensity as they live and work together. Their little kitchen, the epicenter of their shared life, overlooks a community garden dominated by a fruitful persimmon tree. Their relationship burns bright, but seasons change, the persimmon tree out back loses its fruit, and things grow strange between the two women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Kyoto Breaks Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection about the ways in which heartbreak can fill a place and make it impossible to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Emma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42657670037565,"sku":"9781915628008","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781915628008_p0.jpg?v=1771577307","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781915628008","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}