If you love touching stories filled with meaning and shedding light on the events of our lives, then the book by Japanese author Gengy Kawamura will not leave you indifferent. The main character’s mother has Alzheimer’s disease, and the woman forgets even her own son. While caring for his mother, Izumi learns about her secret past and about the life she lived without him. This timeless story by Gengy Kawamura is a moving tale about time, illness, the difficult choices a person makes, and their attempts to understand what truly matters in life.