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Before we forget kindness : a novel / Toshikazu Kawaguchi ; translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot.
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests: The father who could not allow his daughter to get married, A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one, A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents, A wife holding a child with no name ... They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335915283 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 235 pages ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hanover Square Press, 2024.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in 2024 in the United Kingdom by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan."--Title page verso. Originally published in Japanese in 2023 as "Yasashisa o wasurenu uchi ni" by Sanmāku Shuppan. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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| Subject: | Coffeehouses > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Regret > Fiction. Time travel > Fiction. Tokyo (Japan) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realist fiction. Time-travel fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Kawag | 31681010397016 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling magic continues as new patrons journey to the past, experiencing reunions, making amends and revisiting memories in the fifth novel of the series following Before We Say Goodbye. 150,000 first printing. - Harlequin
In the fifth book in the sensational, cozy Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:- The father who could not allow his daughter to get married
- A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one
- A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents
- A wife holding a child with no name . . .
They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold. Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before we forget kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.
Catch up on the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:- Before the Coffee Gets Cold
- Tales from the Cafe
- Before Your Memory Fades
- Before We Say Goodbye
