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The Rental Sister: A Novel (2013)

by Jeff Backhaus(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Algonquin Books

review 1: I had never heard of hikikomori. To quote Wikipedia it "is a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement. The term hikikomori refers to both the sociological phenomenon in general as well as to people belonging to this societal group." This book is about a man who responds to the death of his son by locking himself in his room, and about a Japanese woman that his wife hires to try to convince him to come out.
review 2: I had a hard time buying into this story. A man refuses to come out of his room due to a tragic incident that occurred in his life and his wife accepts this for three years. Not only does she accept this hermit for three yea... morers, she hires a beautiful, Japanese woman to try to lure him out of his room and become a husband again. What ensues is mind boggling, crazy, totally unbelievable and I just kept asking myself....who in their right mind would ever do that? If the story was set in Japan where this is practiced...fine but in New York City...two Americans...nah, I don't think so!! If you thought having a sexy young nanny was a problem can you imagine having a woman enter your husband's room and stay for hours behind closed doors...I mean come on!! Let's get real, here! TOTALLY LUDICROUS!!! less

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