{"product_id":"second-hand-love-9781770467187","title":"Second Hand Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the end, we're all the same...we just want to be smothered like babies against another\u003cbr\u003ehuman's beating heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a cracked door, heartsick Emi hears a playful growl. Cautiously, she lets her lover in--a wolf of a man wielding a bouquet of roses. \u003ci\u003eHis shoulders must have been four inches wider than mine. As I stood behind him, I fantasized about the broadness of his chest and the thickness of his neck...and about becoming his mistress once again.\u003c\/i\u003e \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so their story goes. For a young woman interested in love without the hassle of a traditional relationship, an affair with someone else's spoiled husband is just what she ordered--until it's time to move on. \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen there's Yuko: with even less time for married men's shenanigans, she turns her attention to her aging father and the guilt of adultery that has gnawed at his heart for years. Her mother is long dead, yet her memory is enshrined for eternity in their--both father's and daughter's--mirrored indiscretions. \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn soon after the critically-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTalk to My Back\u003c\/i\u003e, the two stories in \u003ci\u003eSecond Hand Love\u003c\/i\u003e mark the triumphant return of Yamada Murasaki, one of literary manga's most respected feminist voices. Translated by noted historian Ryan Holmberg, this edition includes an interview with the artist from the height of her career in 1985, where her wit and wisdom are on shimmering display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yamada Murasaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770467187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYamada Murasaki \u003c\/b\u003e(1948-2009) debuted as a cartoonist in 1969. Informed by her upbringing--she was raised by her mother and grandmother--and her background in fashion design and poetry, Yamada's early work was unique in form and content, with realistic portraits of young women negotiating their mothers. Later, after having a family of her own, her work shifted to young mothers negotiating children, husbands, and the balance between social responsibilities as a housewife and self-respect as a woman. Considered one of the Three Daughters of \u003ci\u003eGaro\u003c\/i\u003e, Yamada published manga in practically every issue of\u003ci\u003e Garo \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1978-1986, and is considered the first cartoonist to use the modes of alternative manga to explore womanhood and domesticity with an unromantic eye.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yamada Murasaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42888294858815,"sku":"9781770467187","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/0710\/5855\/files\/9781770467187.jpg?v=1770409364","url":"https:\/\/casitamanga.com\/products\/second-hand-love-9781770467187","provider":"Casita Manga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}