Nangoku Minatocho Oba Chan Shinkin "Shien" Tte Nani? "Omake Gumi" Kyosei Community No Tsukuri Kata

[Machine Translation] The economy-first society has created a handful of "winners" and the majority of "losers" - a super-differentiated society. However, there are some women who are neither winners nor losers, but have chosen another path, what we might call the "extra group. A port town in a tropical country. What can their small efforts teach us? The author, who worked with them as a member of an NGO for international cooperation, uses her own "embarrassing to recall" stories of failure to sharply depict, with a touch of humor, the ideal form of coexistence, mutual support, and assistance.

経済第一主義が作り出す、ほんの一握りの「勝ち組」と大多数の「負け組」―超格差社会。しかしここに、勝ち組でも、負け組でもない、“おまけ組”とも呼ぶべきもう一つの道を選んだおばちゃんたちがいる。南国のある港町。彼女らの小さな取り組みが私たちに教えてくれるものとは。国際協力NGOの一員として活動を共にした著者が、自らの「思い出すのも恥ずかしい」数々の失敗話を俎上にのせて、共生、支え合い、支援のありうべき姿を、ユーモア溢れる筆致で鋭く描き出す。