Before Your Memory Fades: A Poignant Novel Exploring Grief, Healing and Second Chances from a Magical Café―Book Three of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series

The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.
On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through time.
From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe’s time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s previous novels, readers will also be introduced to:A daughter who begrudges her deceased parents for leaving her orphanedA comedian who aches for his beloved and their shared dreamsA younger sister whose grief has become all-consumingA young man who realizes his love for his childhood friend too lateTranslated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Coldseries: Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1)Tales from the Cafe (Book 2)Before Your Memory Fades (Book 3)Before We Say Goodbye (Book 4)Before We Forget Kindness (Book 5)Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Boxed Set (Books 1-3)

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hanover Square Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2022
Edition ‏ : ‎ Original
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 133542928X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1335429285
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.41 x 0.94 x 7.41 inches
Book 3 of 6 ‏ : ‎ Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Best Sellers Rank: #44,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #87 in Death, Grief & Bereavement Fiction (Books) #136 in Time Travel Fiction #365 in Magical Realism
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