Author(s): Emily Itami

General Fiction

Mizuki has a hardworking husband, a beautiful apartment, two adorable children, and a crushing sense of loneliness. She loves her family but feels invisible in her marriage and trapped by the confines of domestic life. Then, one rainy night, she meets Kiyoshi, a successful restaurateur, and quickly finds herself falling for him. In their affair she finds passion, excitement and freedom - but how long can it last, and at what cost? Alluring, compelling and darkly funny, Fault Lines is a bittersweet love story and a daring exploration of modern relationships.

MATILDA BOOKSHOP REVIEW

Backlit by a Tokyo skyline, Fault Lines is a tale of fractured lives, longing, and belonging. While out on the town with thrill-seeking foreign friends, Japanese housewife Mizuki meets Kiyoshi, a restaurateur. Kiyoshi’s electric friendship promises moon-drenched debauchery and an escape from the constraints of her domestic life… while also threatening to pull her from her family. Itami writes with immaculate detail, a deft sense of her protagonist, and a voice so strong I felt I had made friends with Mizuki. Fault Lines had me nodding, cheering, tearing up, questioning everything. Marina