Hello, Limerence Christmas CookingFor fans of Asako Yuzuki and Fleabag, an audacious, unhinged debut following the major humiliations and minor triumphs of an overworked, undersexed young woman in Tokyo who must save herself from the hazards of her own lust, obsession, and delusion. limerence. [li mer uhns] noun the state of being obsessively infatuated with someone, usually accompanied by delusions of or a desire for an intense romantic relationship with that person; e. g., her
Their meet-cute is cut short
“The farmer is dead
even as you gasp in disbelief
A richly drawn
Boys are less likely to graduate from high school or college than girls
" which he discusses in "From the Prehistory of Novelistic Discourse
While money is nice
Cutting between clear-eyed realism and tongue-in-cheek magical realism
” —Wall Street Journal
Six summers to fall in love
It is about the hubris of youth and the wisdom of old age
getting drunk