• The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto
  • The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto
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The Dilemmas of Working Women

'Will rattle your brain and heart' Dakota Johnson
  • Author
    • Fumio Yamamoto
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Jun 04, 2026

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'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern
'Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working
'So brilliantly written' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This
'[Will] rattle your heart and brain' Dakota Johnson

Izumi needs to get a job.
Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer.
Kat? needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.
Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.
Sumie just needs somewhere to live.
  • Published: Jun 04 2026
  • ISBN: 9780349019239
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Press Reviews

  • Yoon Choi, author of Skinship

    The Dilemmas of Working Women is a delight. With acute insight and sly humour, Fumio Yamamoto depicts the lives of modern Japanese women in all their complexity. The characters, in their quirky idiosyncrasies, are deeply familiar; their stoicisms heartbreaking

  • Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This

    What an engaging, witty, and unique book. So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later. What a win for the English language that we're finally getting to experience Yamamoto's inimitable voice

  • Lisa Owens, author of Not Working

    An offbeat, bold and subversive portrait of contemporary womanhood, full of brilliantly unconventional characters. The Dilemmas of Working Women crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence

  • Cecelia Ahern

    Off-beat, witty, wise and thought-provoking, these darkly comic stories portray five unique women as they deal with the societal pressures that come with being a woman in their world

  • Saou Ichikawa, author of Hunchback

    Here are people caught between loss and regeneration. The struggles of their forlorn hearts are depicted with a light, graceful touch. There will come a point in all of our lives when we will need Fumio Yamamoto's writing
  • Shelf Awareness
    An audacious five-story collection populated by women bluntly eschewing expectations ... Yamamoto's empathic characters - even a quarter-century after their debut - remain timeless figures of strength and resilience
  • Booklist
    This award-winning best-seller captures the modern woman in a dark, unflinching portrait
  • Chicago Review of Books
    Funny, at times self-deprecating, and unafraid to lean into the darkness, Fumio Yamamoto's masterpiece is sure to find resonance with readers today
  • Boston Globe
    Now offered in translation for the first time, this collection featuring women navigating societal expectations (and their small rebellions) is a classic. The author brings complexity, emotion, and a delicate touch to extremely relatable characters.