What is the story Luna by Asako Serizawa about?

Answer 1

Luna by Asako Serizawa is about a young girl named Luna, her sister, Katy, and her mother and father. They go on a trip to Japan, their paternal grandfather is sick in the hospital. They visit the beach, and Luna's mother slaps a spider on Luna's face, which made her ear feel 'boxed', this feeling stays with her throughout the whole trip. Their father drags them to a bomb shelter to learn about their heritage, which evidently scares the young girls. Later that evening the family eats dinner at their grandmother's house, and through the dinner, the girls learn that their father was adopted, is actually Korean, and is divorcing their mother. When Luna, Katy, and their mother see their father off at the hospital, Luna turns her semi-deaf ear to her father, while he speaks nice words and lies to her. She simply turns her face back to his and smiles, reassuring him that she believes his lies, even if she really hadn't. Luna hadn't seen her father for a long time after that. We're told that she learns many things about herself from this experience in the future, but for now, she just feels numb.