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About the Book:

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for over a hundred years. But this quaint little coffee shop offers more than just a good cup of coffee; it provides its customers with a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each yearning to make use of the café’s extraordinary time-traveling offer. There is a woman seeking to confront the man who left her, another hoping to receive a letter from her husband whose memory has been taken by early-onset Alzheimer’s, a sister wishing to see her sibling one last time, and a mother desperate to meet the daughter she never had the chance to know.

However, time travel in this café comes with its own set of rules. Customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and most crucially, they must return to the present before their coffee gets cold.

Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful, poignant story delves into the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, even if just for one last time? This moving tale explores the profound impact of our choices, the fleeting nature of moments, and the enduring power of love and connection.

• Language: English
• Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Series: Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 208
• ISBN: 9781529029581
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