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The Phone Box at the Edge of the World

By Laura Imai Messina

Fiction, General, Women | 416 pages
1 recommendation
"When you have lost everything, what will you find? When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continue. Then one day she hears about a widower who has an old disused telephone box in his garden. There the old man finds the strength to speak to his late wife and begin to come to terms with his grief. As news of the phone box spreads, people from miles around will travel there to connect with their own lost loved ones. Soon Yui will make a pilgrimage to the phone box, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver. Then she finds Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss. What happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breaking ..."--Provided by publisher
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Mary Neilson
13th Nov 2024
"This is a book that I found absolutely amazing in its description of the area in which it is set. It was very emotional in its description of those who went to the phone box to talk to their loved ones - even though the phone was not connected. It made me realise that, while maybe not into a disconnected phone (though I did have an old family one for a long time), I was able to talk to those that have been a part of my life who are no longer with me - parents, sister - at any point in time, no matter where I was.

And even more so and importantly, it has made the desire to go to Japan and find this phone box high up on my wish list. It was so descriptive, emotional, poignant...a WONDERFUL WONDERFUL book - I could read it again and would certainly recommend it to others.

What more can I say about an amazing wonderful read."