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This story tells the vicissitudes of a Japanese maid and a young British woman: In this rose garden,...
completed! romance, historical fiction, drama
hanako, a japanese teacher, has traveled to the faraway land of england in search of her favorite author. instead, she gets entangled with a fellow bookworm, the mysterious alice douglas. a painful and tender story… this is about lesbians under the scrutiny of a polite society. this intense pressure to commit to conformity makes their lighthearted romance so bittersweet; they know it can’t last, and yet their feelings persist and persist. 9/10