"Set in contemporary suburban Japan, [this] is the story of Sora Itoda, a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synaesthetic hues of blues and reds, and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His best friend and childhood confidante [is] Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should be) his girlfriend (and it would be the easiest thing to play along--she knows he is gay but knows, too, how difficult it is to live one's truth in his situation). Sora's world changes forever when he meets Mr. Amamiya, a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop, and who is completely, unapologetically out as a gay man"-- Provided by publisher.
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