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Harmless Like You spans three cities—New York, Berlin, and Connecticut—following Yuki Oyama, a Japanese American girl determined to build a career in art, and her adult son, Jay. Yuki’s life is shaped by her outsider status in New York, her profound friendship with model Odile, and a destructive romance with an older man that leaves her fractured. As Jay grows into adulthood, he must face the painful reality of his mother’s abandonment when he was two years old. The novel examines the complex intersections of identity, artistic ambition, adolescent friendships, and the enduring bonds—and losses—of family.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
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