Breasts and Eggs
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Breasts and Eggs (2019) is a novel by Mieko Kawakami about three women in contemporary Japan and their views on bodies, family and motherhood. In the first part, Natsuko, a struggling writer in Tokyo, hosts her older sister Makiko, who is seeking breast enhancement surgery, and Makiko's silent daughter, Midoriko. Years later, Natsuko, in her late thirties and single, considers whether to have a child through anonymous sperm donation.