Manten No Goal (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Nao was betrayed by her husband and fled back to her hometown in the Tango region of Kyoto with her ten-year-old son Ryosuke. Then her father, Kohei, is involved in an accident and is hospitalized at the local Kaisei Hospital. There he meets Mikami, a doctor. She also rescues an elderly woman named Hayakawa from the same village who had collapsed on the street, and they become friends. Nao, who used to be a paper nurse, starts working at Kaiho Hospital to live with Ryosuke in this area and becomes Mikami's colleague. He struggles daily to provide local medical care in a medically underpopulated area, but there is a dark shadow of loneliness over him. Meanwhile, Nao and Ryosuke want to cheer up Hayakawa, who has given up on life and is half dead. What is the truth? The long-awaited paperback edition of this tearful novel that will change your view of life and death. The special dialogue at the end of the book is a must-read!

奈緒は夫に裏切られ、十歳になる涼介を連れて、故郷・京都の丹後地方に逃げるように帰ってきた。そんな折、父親の耕平が事故に遭い、地元の海生病院に入院。そこで医師・三上と出会う。また、路上で倒れていた同じ集落の早川という老婆を助け、仲良くなる。ペーパーナースだった奈緒は、この地で涼介と生きるため海生病院で働き始め、三上の同僚に。医療過疎地域で日々地域医療に奮闘する彼には暗い孤独の影があった。一方、人生を諦め半ば死んだように生きる早川を元気づけたい奈緒と涼介は、ある日重大な秘密を知る。その真相とは。死生観を大きく変える感涙小説、待望の文庫化。巻末の特別対談は必読です!