SAND CHRONICLES 03 PA – HINAKO ASHIHARA

Can the sands of time heal all wounds? Twelve-year-old Ann and her divorced mother move from big city Tokyo to her mother s rural hometown. As the years pass, Ann learns to trust and depend on her new friends–Daigo and aristocratic siblings Fuji and Shika. But when Ann moves back to Tokyo to be with her father, will she be able to maintain a long-distance relationship with Daigo? Sweet 16-year-old Ann returns to rural Shimane from Tokyo for the summer, eager to reconnect with her boyfriend Daigo. But will the allure of their close friends–wealthy brother and sister Fuji and Shika–sunder the romantic ties that have bound Ann and Daigo since they were 12?