Before the Coffee Gets Cold

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Kawaguchi, Toshikazu	4-week checkout	Due 04-18-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Kawaguchi, Toshikazu	4-week checkout	Due 04-19-2024
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Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Kawaguchi, Toshikazu	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024

"Originally published in Japanese in 2015 as Coffee Ga Samenai Uchimi by Sunmark Publishing, Inc., Tokyo, Japan."--Title page verso.
"First published in 2019 in the United Kingsom by Picador ; This edition published in 2020."--Title page verso.
The lovers -- Husband and wife -- The sisters -- Mother and child.
In a small back alley in Tokyo at a century-old coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, four customers reevaluate their formative life choices.
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers coffee-- and the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. There are rules that must be followed. And the most important one: the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold. -- adapted from jacket

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Absorbing and heart-wrenching submitted by bookasaurusray on July 27, 2022, 12:24am The more Japanese fiction I read, the more I'm left wanting to read more (minus Murakami, as I could live without ever having to read him again). Even though this book was just over 200 pages, I sobbed more than once. The simplicity of the writing and the beautiful stories within had me reading non-stop. I don't really know what else to add other than, PLEASE READ THIS WITH A BOX OF TISSUES.

Sweet and Sentimental submitted by bll1010 on July 31, 2023, 10:44pm This was a unique and delightful little book! I was moved by each story and found myself thinking about the book after I finished it. Definitely recommend this!

Would recommend submitted by Mtadams on August 15, 2023, 9:00am Four charming stories with the characters interwoven. Good for readers who do not practically like fantasy.