My Brother's Husband, Volume 1

ISBN-13:	9781101871515
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/02/2017
Series:	Pantheon Graphic Library
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	209,903
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.40(d)

The first volume of the acclaimed global sensation, from one of Japan's most notable manga artists: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, and father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself to be the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.(Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.)