Kakigori Summer

About the book

Rei, Kiki, and Ai are three sisters who are separated by distance and different life situations. Rei is a driven finance professional living in London, Kiki is a single mother raising a young son and working at a retirement home in Tokyo, and Ai is the youngest sister who travels as a Japanese music idol. Despite the loss of both parents, the sisters rely on each other for support, even though they are scattered across the globe.

When Ai becomes involved in a scandal, Rei and Kiki put their own lives on hold to come to her aid. Spending a summer together at their childhood home on the Japanese coast, the sisters reconnect with their tough grandmother, look after Kiki’s energetic son, and silently fret about Ai, all the while avoiding discussing the circumstances surrounding their mother's passing fifteen years earlier. However, the unspoken tension among the sisters can only remain buried for so long...

With its themes of love and loss, sisterhood and family, Kakigori Summer is a novel that transports readers and offers redemption. It is a contemplative reflection on the power of stories we tell ourselves about our past, allowing us to move forward and embrace the future.