The moving and uplifting international bestseller, based on an incredible true story
Laura Imai Messina has been living in Japan for the last 15 years
and works between Tokyo and Kamakura, where she lives with her
Japanese husband and two children.
Lucy Rand is a teacher, editor and translator from Norfolk, UK. She
has been living in the countryside of Oita in south-west Japan for
three years.
'A moving and uplifting anatomisation of grief and the small
miraculous moments that persuade people to start looking forward
again' - Sunday Times
'Strangely beautiful, uplifting and memorable, it's a book to
savour' - Choice, Book of the Month
'A poignant, atmospheric novel dealing with love, coming to terms
with loss and the restoration of one's self' - Daily Mail
'A story about the dogged survival of hope when all else is lost .
. . A striking haiku of the human heart' - The Times
'Beautiful. A message of hope for anyone who is lost, frightened or
grieving' - Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of
After the End
'Incredibly moving. It will break your heart and soothe your soul'
- Stacey Halls, Sunday Times bestselling author of The
Familiars
'Mesmerising . . . beautiful . . . a joy to read' - Joanna Glen,
Costa shortlisted author of The Other Half of Augusta Hope
'Spare and poetic, this beautiful book is both a small, quiet love
story and a vast expansive meditation on grieving and loss' -
Heat
'A perfect poignant read' - Woman & Home
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