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The main protagonist is Natsuko. In part one, her sister Makiko and daughter Midoriko arrive in Tokyo. Midoriko hates her body, which seeps into hating her aging mother, who is considering breast implants. The condition of being female seems excruciating. In part two, we meet Natsuko eight years later. She wants a child, cannot tolerateContinue reading “Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami”