aired the week of May 11, 2020

Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami is a slim volume translated from Japanese and follows a boy who is fascinated by the woman who works the sandwich counter at the local grocery store.  He dubs her Ms Ice Sandwich thanks to the electric blue eye shadow she wears each day.  His father is dead, his mother is too busy and grandma has had a stroke so cannot communicate.  With whom can he share his obsession and observations?