The million-copy bestselling series.
The fifth book in the spectacular, million-copy bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, with a fresh bunch of customers in a special Tokyo cafe hoping to go back in time.
Translated from Japanese, four new guests enter the mysterious Tokyo café, each with a secret wish, each hoping to go back in time to fulfil it as their coffee is poured . . .
- 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 . . .
The incomparable Toshikazu Kawaguchi introduces us to the dreams, wishes and deeply emotional encounters of these four guests, all travelling back in time to find comfort, peace, and a newfound happiness. But, as ever, they must return before the coffee gets cold . . .
Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades and Before We Say Goodbye.
ISBN: | 9781035046287 |
Publication date: | 8th May 2025 |
Author: | Toshikazu Kawaguchi |
Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 224 pages |
Series: | Before the Coffee Gets Cold |
Genres: |
Magical realism Science fiction: time travel Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Interior life Narrative theme: Sense of place Fiction in translation Speculative fiction |