Hina is a nobody. Uprooted from her rural life to serve in her powerful aunt’s household, she falls in love with the pomp and splendor of the classical Japanese capital but finds it impossible to belong in a city where words conceal knives and beauty is sovereign.
Masanori is a nobleman’s son. Alienated by his ruthless family, he spends his days running from his father’s plans and playing music alone.
Theirs is an impossible match. Yet when fate pushes the two of them together, the star-crossed pair find themselves with enemies on all sides and everything to lose. Set in the achingly ephemeral world of eleventh-century Japan, The Weight of Sparrow Tears is an enchanting, layered, and heartbreaking tale of the transformative power of first love.
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“Who knows how many lives you have lived before this one? Imagine all the little girls and old maids and monstrous beasts tucked in that little frame of yours, waiting for you to show them the world you wish to hope for.”
You can read the first three chapters for free here.
Behind the Scenes
“Strange are the ways of the heavens.
Stranger still are the ways of the heart.”
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