The Passengers on the Hankyu Line Historical fiction Reflecting onthe period when she

Reflecting onthe period when she wrote the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Hot Milk - when her mother was dying

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The Passengers on the Hankyu Line Historical fiction Reflecting onthe period when sheThe contents of each traveller's heart is a mystery known only to themselves Trundling through the scenic countryside of Kyoto and Osaka is the Hankyu line, a burgundy coloured electric train that has been carrying its commuters to their destinations for decades. Over the course of a single journey in springtime, and the return journey six months later just as the leaves begin to fall a young man meets the woman who happens to take out the last copy