For more works by Banana Yoshimoto, please see: Lizard (1993), Amrita (1994), Asleep (1989), Goodbye Tsugumi (1989), Hardboiled & Hard Luck (1999), Daisy's Life (2000), and Moshi Moshi (2010).
For novels about grief, please see: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (1997), When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner (1981), The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005), and A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (1961).