![]() ![]() Yuko reveals the first step in her plot for revenge during the course of a long resignation speech to her rapt middle-school class on the last day of the school year. The couple parted, and Manami became the centerpiece of Yuko’s life. ![]() Her engagement to Manami’s father came to an end when he discovered that his adventurous past had left him HIV-positive. Until recently, Yuko was a single mother to a 4-year-old girl named Manami, doing her best to balance her child’s needs with the demands of her job as a middle-school science teacher. The protagonist is Yuko Moriguchi, a victim and vigilante in ravenous search of revenge. ![]() Think of “Confessions” as the “Gone Girl” of Japan - a twisted tale about a girl (OK, woman) who is pretty far gone and going further. It was then adapted into a movie, which also won a bunch of awards, and was selected as Japan’s entry for best foreign language film for the 2010 Oscars. It was published in 2008 to immediate acclaim, becoming a runaway hit and winning a slew of awards. “Confessions” is new to most American readers, but it’s already a literary phenomenon in Japan. Somewhere between the laundry and cooking, she wrote her debut, “Confessions,” the most delightfully evil book you will read this year. Before she became a bestselling novelist, Kanae Minato was a Japanese home economics teacher and housewife. ![]()
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