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Original Title	女心拾遺
Author	矢田 津世子
Genre	Modern Short Fiction
Author Type	Female Author
Summary	Mrs. Karasawa, Iyoko, believed she had mastered the delicate art of managing her opulent household and her philandering husband. Her serene, albeit resigned, existence revolved around her beloved son, Keitaro, and the quiet acceptance of her husband’s discreet dalliances. But when Mr. Karasawa, nearing seventy, displays an uncharacteristically boisterous infatuation with Oshimo, their young housemaid, Iyoko's carefully constructed world shatters. A fierce, primal jealousy, long thought dormant, ignites within her. This eruption not only threatens her household's fragile peace but also painfully resurrects echoes of her own mother's resigned past. As Iyoko grapples with this unexpected resurgence of emotion, she finds herself disturbingly revitalized, yet increasingly isolated, especially as her son, Keitaro, begins to exhibit unsettling similarities to his father. Can she escape the shadows of a painful family legacy, or is she destined to repeat it?