Child of Fortune

Translated by Geraldine Harcourt

New in Penguin Japanese Classics — an innovative feminist novel about motherhood and girlhood

Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter?

Child of Fortune is an unflinching portrayal of a woman's innermost fears and desires.