A Pale View of Hills Stephen Dodd Double-crossed and badly weakened

Double-crossed and badly weakened

Not a good mood

is elected President

she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game ― and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged

A Pale View of Hills Stephen Dodd Double-crossed and badly weakenedThe novel is narrated by Etsuko, a Japanese woman living alone in England. Her daughter Keiko, who struggled to adjust to life there, has recently died by suicide. As Etsukos younger daughter, Niki, visits, she reflects on her postwar life in Nagasaki. Much of the story revolves around Etsukos memories of her friendship with Sachiko, a distant mother, and Sachikos troubled daughter, Mariko. Sachiko plans to leave Japan with an American soldier, while