Originally published in Japan in the early 1980s, Talk to My Back at long last makes its English language debut courtesy of Ryan Holmberg's translation.  The 35 linked stories that make up this volume provide intimate vignettes of a wife and mother's lot in Japan: the isolating experience of caring for children, waiting for the husband, a salaryman who is out all hours and rarely home, with all depending on her for their needs and well being.  The initial publication of these short works – first in Garo, and later collected in book form – opened up this private world to manga readers and marked an important expansion of manga's representational and expressive range.

Includes a 40-page essay by Holmberg, which will aid readers in contextualizing and appreciating this important work.