About the Book: In Mongrel, three women—Mei, Yuki, and Haruka—navigate the painful legacy of loss, identity, and longing across generations. Mei, raised in Surrey by her British father, grapples with her mother’s death, her dual heritage, and her feelings for her best friend. Yuki, from rural Japan, relocates to London to become a violinist but becomes entangled in a fraught relationship with her older teacher. Haruka, left in the care of her grandparents, drifts into Tokyo’s nightlife as a hostess while mourning a mother full of hidden truths—until one secret brings everything crashing into the open