The Spirit of Harlem

It's Christmas in New York City, and Shizuka Nishino, a young Japanese artist, is starving herself in a grotty Harlem apartment.

When you've got love, who needs food? 

In an unwanted intervention, her brother's girlfriend, an American ex-artist, takes matters into her own hands. Her quest to save Shizuka's life brings the conflict between the two women to a head, and reveals the true cost of throwing away your dreams.

A Christmas story both uplifting and unpredictable, The Spirit of Harlem is also featured in Felicity Savage's collection of novellas, Love in Japan: Coming Clean and Four More Ways of F**king Up. Length: 72 pages.