Respect

[Machine Translation] The novel is modeled on a real-life occupation that took place in London in 2014. Single mothers living in a homeless shelter are forced to leave due to local government budget cuts. Women across racial and generational lines rise up in solidarity and occupy the public housing. Meanwhile, Fumiko, a reporter for the London bureau of a Japanese newspaper, suddenly visits the occupied area, and her ex-lover Kota, an anarchist, also comes to London and interacts more and more with the local people.... This is a story of "do it yourselves" spirit (DIY), mutual aid (mutual help), and the Sisterhood.

2014年にロンドンで実際に起きた占拠事件をモデルとした小説。ホームレス・シェルターに住んでいたシングルマザーたちが、地方自治体の予算削減のために退去を迫られる。人種や世代を超えて女性たちが連帯して立ち上がり、公営住宅を占拠。一方、日本の新聞社ロンドン支局記者の史奈子がふと占拠地を訪れ、元恋人でアナキストの幸太もロンドンに来て現地の人々とどんどん交流し...。「自分たちでやってやれ」という精神(DIY)と、相互扶助(助け合い)と、シスターフッドの物語。