Her husband is frequently away from home, claiming to be always at work even though matchboxes from love clubs come home. Even worse, as they grow, they need her less and less, creating a lonely void. She loves her daughters but at the same time resents how much of her life they require from her. Her home threatens to be her only world to the point she has to make mental adjustments when going out to ride the train by herself. However, the truth of this life is much deeper and full of struggle. It is the dream of the middle class, something Yamada saw very suddenly from her own life being raised largely by her grandmother and spending her childhood in poverty. On the surface, she has it all: a lovely home, two wonderful daughters, and a hardworking husband providing for the family. The stories in Talk to My Back tell the life and times of Chiharu.
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