Publisher's Synopsis
As the months go by, Dan Wells settles into
his life as an assistant junior high school teacher in the rural Japanese
village of Tonoharu. Isolated from those around him by language and cultural
barriers, he leads a solitary existence, until the day an unrequited crush
extends him a dinner invitation. What follows shakes up Dan's quiet life and
expands his social circle into unexpected quarters. But do these new associates
exert an influence that is beneficial, or detrimental?
