株式会社売釈人
「売娼人株式会社」は、エドガー賞を受賞したマス・アライのミステリーシリーズや全米日系人博物館から出版された伝記2冊の著者であるナオミ・ヒラハラの新作フィクションです。主人公のキャロライン・マメダは、仕事を解雇された後、結婚仲介業を始めます。舞台はロサンゼルスのリトル・トーキョー。
このシリーズのストーリー
2008年9月12日 • 平原 直美
Jamie Kaneko carefully counts out fifteen sheets of toilet paper on her roll, tears on the perforated line, and hands the loose end to me with a smile. “Here you go—now don’t start until I tell you to.” A couple of young teenagers, holding their toilet paper tails with the tips of their fingers, giggle, while the grandmothers on the couch look a bit confused. The rest of us—veteranos—sit politely, but inside I feel like screaming—like, for once, can’t someone …
Chapter Twelve—Matchmaker, Matchmaker
2009年8月14日 • 平原 直美
>> Chapter elevenAt least pretend that you’re happy to be here, I scold myself. My best friend Ginnie Lee is getting married. To a nice, decent man. What a concept—two nice people making a lifetime commitment. That’s the mission of my fledgling matchmaking company, Baishakunin, Incorporated, but while business is booming, I’m floundering. “Um—you’ve taped my finger to my gift.” The wedding guest is right—her manicured index finger is firmly affixed to her white William and Sonoma box with a …
Chapter Eleven—Cold Imagawayaki
2009年7月10日 • 平原 直美
>> Chapter tenOf all the people that I decide to be completely honest with, it shouldn’t be him. I should be confessing to my best friend, bride-to-be Ginnie Lee; my staff at Baishakunin, Inc; or the guy who I was just starting to date, my landlord Jake Martinez. But no, I’m not spilling my secrets to any of them. Instead, I am sitting on the floor of a hallway of a Little Tokyo building, next to my snake of an …
Chapter Ten—Honesty Is the Best Policy
2009年6月12日 • 平原 直美
>> Chapter nine“You have to tell him,” says Ginnie, slurping the last bit of noodle in her large ceramic bowl. We are in Mr. Ramen on First Street in Little Tokyo. There’s a more popular ramen house a few storefronts away, but I opt for more quiet and privacy, especially since we are talking about my new relationship with my office landlord, Jake Martinez. “That I lied about my ex-boyfriend when he had trust issues with his past girlfriend?” Sure …
Chapter Nine—Up in Space
2009年5月8日 • 平原 直美
>> Chapter eightI don’t know why I set up my ex-boyfriend with the absolutely best catch in my fledgling dating service. As my best friend Ginny Lee always reminds me, I despise Rick; I have the deleted digital images in my trash folder to prove it (I know, they should be completely off of my computer after seven years). Meanwhile, Michele Sakanashi is gorgeous, has a high-paying job, and even her own duplex. She’s a kind of girl that women …
Chapter Eight—Match Game
2009年4月10日 • 平原 直美
>> Chapter seven“So who’s going to be matched with who?” Ginnie asks as she licks some green tea/blood orange yogurt from her lips. We are sitting in a corner table at Céfiore yogurt shop in Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo. I’ve spread the profiles and photos of the 15 women who have applied to my matchmaking service, Baishakunin, Inc. I know that working on a plastic table in a frozen yogurt shop is not that professional, but I had …
