Grass eyelashes

Anna is dead. And Rena wants to know why. Since Anna emigrated to the USA at 19 to marry Reiko, Rena has not seen her school friend again. Letters and postcards have become increasingly rare, and Anna's husband has never met Rena. When one day a package containing Anna's diary and her obituary is delivered to her, and Reiko persistently seeks contact with her, Rena can no longer shake off the memories of her friend. Soon, there is no turning back from the questions Rena has long pushed aside: What caused the estrangement between them after a long, untroubled friendship? And what does Anna's last mysterious, almost hostile letter mean? In gripping, rapidly changing scenes, Ruth Johanna Benrath tells the story of the longing for closeness and love and the fatal effects of dependency and submission.