I don't remember where I originally heard about this young woman, but I found her memoirs online and decided to read them.
Fumiko was born to parents who didn't understand love. Her father abandons her, and her mother doesn't seem to care about her either. She gets passed from one uncaring relationship to another when all she wants to do is learn and find a place in the world.
This memoir is heartbreaking. You realize that in the beginning, because her fate is revealed before the memoir starts. Also, the narrative ends before anything related to her prison sentence is discussed, so there is nothing in the memoir about that.
There isn't any happy ending. Fumiko didn't really have much happiness in her life. In the end, she supposedly took her own life, and the whole thing is just sad. If you decide to read this, know ahead of time that you're dealing with some seriously depressing stuff, and there's not any relief from it throughout the book. I don't want to say it was a "good" book, the subject isn't good or happy in the least, but I'm glad that Fumiko was able to tell her story before her life was cut short.
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