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...push Haruko intoa nervous breakdown, forcing her toleave the royal palace to convalesce at herchildhood home.At this point, convention tells us, sheshould recover from her mental anguishand find the strength to carve out a placefor herself, even within the suffocatingenvironment of the court. Whether ornot Empress Michiko actually returnedfrom her convalescence with newfoundresolve, for the purposes of the novelHaruko should at least have returned achanged woman, whether empoweredor embittered or simply embarrassed.But things seem to continue essentiallyas they were before. When itcomes time for her son, the new CrownPrince, to marry, Haruko convinces hisheadstrong beloved to submit to thestern hand...
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