Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two children and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. Yet sometimes she wonders whether it would be more fun to throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband or hanging up laundry. Then she meets Kiyoshi and rediscovers freedom, friendship, a voice, and the neon, electric pulse of the city she has always loved. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2021.