This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

A surprising and moving novella about a misunderstood neurodivergent girl from one of Japan’s most acclaimed young writers,the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt A sensitive and tender depiction of belonging and neurodivergenceperfect for fans of Convenience Store Woman and the off-kilter novels of Ottessa Moshfegh Other people donΓÇÖt seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or peeking through the sliding doors at her motherΓÇÖs calligraphy classher curiousexuberant nature mostly meets with confusion. When her mother falls into a depression and her brother begins spending all his time with a motorcycle gangAmiko is left increasingly alone to navigate a world where she doesnΓÇÖt quite fit. Subtletender and movingThis is Amiko shows us life through the eyes of a uniqueirrepressibleneurodivergent young character. Praise for The Woman in the Purple Skirt: ΓÇ£[It] will keep you firmly in its grip.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇö Oyinkan Braithwaitebestselling author of My Sisterthe Serial Killer ΓÇ£The love child of Eugene Ionesco and Patricia Highsmith.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇö Kelly Linkbestselling author of Get in Trouble ΓÇ£A taut and compelling depiction of loneliness.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇö Paula Hawkins#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train