Goodbye Madame Butterfly

the long version

"Kawakami's interviews and reporting take us into a world where fortune tellers serve as counselors, where a female executive who turns tricks by night is seen as a heroine and where the hot blood of newlyweds quickly grows cold" "Goodbye Madame Butterfly offers a modern twist on the tradition in Japanese literature to revel in tales of sexual exploits. Kawakami's nonfiction update on this theme offers strands of hope for women struggling to liberate themselves from joyless, sexless relationships." "Inside this book, you'll meet: Chami, a bartender in Tokyo's red-light district; Ai, a single mom having an affair with her boss; Shoko, the wife of a Shinto priest; Hideo, a sex volunteer who helps women achieve orgasms; Reiko, a lovelorn woman who turns to a Yin Yang Master for help; and many more real Japanese women and men talking about sex, love, marriage and relationships."--book jacket.