Tales from the Cafe
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
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Kevin Shen
About this listen
The million-copy bestselling series.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s heartwarming Tales from the Cafe, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . .
From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers, we will be introduced to:
The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
The son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeral
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift . . .
This beautiful tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives.
Continue the heartwarming storytelling with Before Your Memory Fades, Before We Say Goodbye and Before We Forget Kindness - all out now!
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- Emma Brookes
- 06-11-20
loved it
this book made me cry so much such a lovely story would definitely read again.
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- R.Brunstrom
- 02-12-21
Quirky and a cool idea.
Enjoyed it alot with some deep emotional aspects. Would definitely recommend for a quick read
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- fair and forty
- 12-04-24
Fantastic listen
Calm and tranquil and the message begin each characters story are very dear and thought provoking
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- Frieda
- 20-03-23
Heartfelt
So sad, so heartwarming, so heartbreaking, truly wonderful. It's definitely a book of comfort if you have suffered grief in life.
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- tina86
- 27-03-22
loved this
loved this book, such a clever idea and story line
beautiful story to listen to, clear narration
wonderful
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- Donna
- 31-03-24
brilliant
The way the individual stories link to give you an over arching story is fantastic.
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- elin
- 10-09-21
First book was better
I didnt love this as much as the first book. But i still really enjoyed it. We get to know the cafe owner and workers a bit more in this one :) But I didnt feel as invested in these stories.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-08-23
Good
I don’t know what to write here I just wanted to leave a star rating
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- Jo Cadden
- 23-07-24
Short and sweet
I enjoyed this second installment about my favourite coffee-shop-in-book very much. The blend of old characters I felt I knew from the first book with stories from new visitors worked well.
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- Daniela
- 08-02-21
Lovely book
Si mi è piaciuto tantissimo!
Mi emozionava l idea che fosse ambientato in Giappone e che la lettura fosse lenta, descrittiva e riflessiva. Forse i nomi dei personaggi mi confondevano un po', magari andrebbe riletto con più attenzione. Il finale è meraviglioso. Sono felice di averlo letto tutto e di non averlo lasciato in sospeso
perché inizialmente non mi ha del tutto catturata proprio per il fatto che c erano troppi personaggi dai nomi particolari che spuntavano uno dietro l altro.
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