Because the characters are not your usual “Leave it to Beaver” types (housewife mother, businessman father, dainty daughter, athletic son, etc.), I devoured the details. The short novel is a quick read, very tightly woven, and kept my attention riveted towards the end. I felt there is a happy yet bittersweet ending but you’ll just have to read and see for yourself. Happiness in my definition here means that she is content with life and what she is doing (isn’t that what we all want?) The ending is up to the imagination of the reader. Through her love of the kitchen, she has a spirit that is different from others which leads her to a different path and to eventual happiness. Our narrator, Mikage Sakurai, loves the kitchen and would find herself sleeping in the kitchen for comfort. So what is it about “Kitchen” that makes it so emotional? The short novel is no more than 105 pages long (if you count “Moonlight Shadow” or sometimes known as “Kitchen: Part 2”) around 150 pages long (Grove Press, 1993 publication).
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