TY  - BOOK
AU  - Washington,Bryan
TI  - Memorial
SN  - 9780593087275
AV  - PS3623 .A86737 M46 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Riverhead Books
KW  - Gay couples
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Sexual minorities
KW  - Japanese Americans
KW  - Fathers and sons
KW  - Mothers-in-law
KW  - Houston (Tex.)
KW  - Osaka (Japan)
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Humorous fiction
KW  - Novels
KW  - Gay fiction
N2  - "A rom-com novel about two young people at a crossroads in their relationship"--; Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant. Benson is a Black day care teacher. They've been together for a few years, but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. When Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Houston for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he discovers the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together, but their time together ends up meaning more than they ever could have predicted. As both men change, will it make them stronger together, or fracture everything they've ever known? -- adapted from jacket
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