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Hana no Furu Gogo is a novel by Japanese author Teru Miyamoto. Serialized in local newspapers from 1985 to 1986 and published by Kadokawa Shoten, it follows Noriko Kai as she manages the French restaurant Avignon in Kobe after her husband's death. A painter named Masamichi Takami later discovers a letter revealing Noriko's late husband had a hidden child. As the restaurant faces scandals and threats from a criminal couple, Noriko enlists the help of a private detective and her staff to save Avignon. Noriko later confronts the criminals and embraces her husband's secret child.