The Hoopla Huddle Book Discussion Group will meet in March (via Zoom) to discuss Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. First released in Japan in 2015, this story of magical realism about time travel and second chances was translated into English last year:
BOOK DESCRIPTION: If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet? 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 something else besides coffee-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. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.
Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?
If you’re interested in joining the discussion, which will be held on Monday, March 29, at 6:00 PM, please register now through our Online Calendar.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is available to download through Hoopla as an ebook or an audiobook. If you’d prefer a hardcover copy, the book can also be reserved through our Online Catalog.
Published on February 23, 2021.
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