Description
This Is An Uplifting Japanese Novel About Five Neighbours In One Apartment Block Who Each Find Their Way To A Battered Playground Hippo Said To Have Healing Powers. It Is Written For Readers Of Gentle Community Fiction, And The Tone Is Kind, Observant, And Quietly Encouraging.
Kabahiko The Hippo Sits On Stubby Legs At The Edge Of Hinode Park, And Local Legend Says That Touching It Where You Hurt Brings Relief. A Student Chasing Lost Marks, A New Mother With No Friends, A Wedding Planner Who Has Stopped Listening, An Ageing Man Losing His Sight – Each Arrives Carrying Something Different. Michiko Aoyama Tells Their Stories In Loosely Connected Chapters, And The Healing, When It Comes, Never Arrives In The Form Anyone Expected.
- From The Multi-Million-Copy Author Of What You Are Looking For Is In The Library
- Five Interlinked Stories Building A Portrait Of One Small Community
- A Global Bestseller In The Japanese Healing-Fiction Category
- Short, Warm Chapters Suited To Readers Who Prefer Gentle Pacing
- Pairs Naturally With Hot Chocolate On Thursday On The Same Shelf
Readers Close It Feeling Looked After. It Is A Book About Noticing Each Other, And It Sells Especially Well To Customers Who Ask For Something Comforting.
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