My Brother's Husband, Volume 1

***WINNER OF THE 2018 EISNER AWARD FOR BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL -- ASIA***

Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, 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 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.)

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 05/02/2017
ISBN: 9781101871515
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.30h x 5.30w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/03/2017 pg. 61
Booklist 05/15/2017 pg. 37
Shelf Awareness 05/16/2017
Library Journal 06/01/2017