All the Lovers in the Night laing and the joy of seeing

and the joy of seeing the world with wonder

It’s midsummer’s day and thirteen-year-old Elle and her Leapling classmates are visiting the Museum of the Past

tired of going on disastrous dates

Sylvia Plath

Alice Kelly is thirteen years old

All the Lovers in the Night laing and the joy of seeingFuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid thirties, living and working alone in Tokyo. Isolated and withdrawn, her only regular human contact is her lively editor, Hijiriher opposite in nearly every way. One day, pausing in front of a shop window, Fuyuko catches her own reflection and sees a woman she barely recognizes: awkward, lonely, and stuck in a life that seems to be passing her by. In that moment, she decides something must change. As