Aromatic every day

Author: Kaori Igarashi
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: "Daily Fragrance" and "Cotton Candy" are two novellas by Kaori Igarashi. "Cotton Candy" tells the story of a teenage girl, Mino, who is in love with a university student, Jiro, who once dated her older sister. At the age of puberty, she feels conflicted about her sister not choosing Jiro. From that moment on, her heart begins to write a poem of love. This book won the Asahi Shimbun Children's Publishing Culture Award. "Daily Fragrance" and "Cotton Candy" are two novellas by Kaori Igarashi. In "Daily Fragrance," a 11-year-old boy, Kaito, moved to the United States with his family when he was two years old due to his father's work. He grew up in the U.S. and attended American schools, speaking English. As a Japanese-American, Kaito faces countless twists and surprises in his life and first love due to differences in his background, culture, and nationality.