Hinako Ashihara

"Ann's junior high school reunion is coming up, and she hasn't seen Daigo in two years. How will their reunion go? Then, finally, the story behind Ann's engagement. Who is her fiancé?"--Publisher's web site.

"Just when Ann has adjusted to life in the countryside ... and even has a boyfriend! ... her father invites her to live with him in Tokyo. Now she must choose between a father she hardly knows and a young man she is just beginning to know. But she soon discovers they aren't the only ones vying for her affections!"--Page 4 of cover

After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane, where Ann has difficulty adjusting to the overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown.

Ann and Daigo's long distance relationship is tested as time passes and they each spend more time with their aristocratic childhood friends, brother and sister Fuji and Shika, than each other.

"After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane. Accustomed to the anonymity of city living, Ann can't get used to the almost overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown. But when personal tragedy strikes, Ann discovers how much she needs that kindness"--Page 4 of cover