"Embracing Life from the Clinic Window: By the Shimanto River" Nozomi Ogasawara Price: ¥1500 This essay by Dr. Nozomi Odawara, from a clinic overlooking the Shimanto River, observes and encourages the elderly residents of the town. It embraces the feelings of the patients and heals with gentle words. I read it thinking, "I wish this kind of doctor was my family doctor." This book is a reorganization of essays and columns that were published in the Asahi Shimbun's monthly magazine for readers, "Style Asahi," from 2009 to 2016. #NozomiOgasawara #Nozomi_Ogasawara #AsahiShimbun #StyleAsahi #Book #JapaneseLiterature/Essays" 0913