“I am afraid of everything,” writes Valerie, “except when I’m with my dad.”
Under the pretence of ‘manning up’ before high school, eleven and a half year old Valerie is forced to spend the summer with her tough as nails grandmother while her father undergoes secret cancer treatment…
The art sculpture garden in Sapporo, Hokkaido when it is closing for the season…
Good manners on the plateau….
Young girls in a canoe with an outboard motor, chase down a river steamer….