Amaterasu Takahashi has spent her life grieving for her daughter Yuko and grandson Hideo, who were victims of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. When a man claiming to be Hideo arrives on her doorstep, she is forced to confront those memories, of the daughter she tried too hard to protect and the secret that would drive them apart.
For fans of Memoirs of a Geisha and The Piano Teacher, prepare to be gripped by A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding, the heart-wrenching debut novel from Jackie Copleton.
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