Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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:

1) The father who could not allow his daughter to get married;
2) A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one;
3) A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents;
4) 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 find closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.

Before We Forget Kindness

やさしさを忘れぬうちに

Jemima Scott

‘…even if what you saw was a dream, wouldn't it still be a part of your life?’

Srijita Sarkar 

I used to love seeing Mum and Dad smile. They smiled best when they were together. When both were smiling, I couldn’t help but smile with them.

Megumi called Riuji a ‘kidult’, a term she coined

People are constantly wavering as they live their lives. There is never a decision made that leaves a person entirely free from doubt. That doubt is like a second person residing in one’s heart. Cartoons often depict such a thing as an angel and devil, but both are speaking from the heart.

Valentina

‘Then even if what you saw was a dream, wouldn’t it still be a part of your life?’

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Fallouts that occur in a family - between parent and child, or among siblings, can take a long time to resolve. No amount of regret over past words and actions can heal the emotional wounds inflicted on someone. 

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