
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartwarming Novel of Time Travel, Magical Realis
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9781335430991
- Book Title
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold
- Book Series
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold Ser.
- Publisher
- Harlequin Enterprises Ulc
- Item Length
- 7.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Science Fiction / Time Travel, Fantasy / General, Magical Realism, Literary, Science Fiction / General
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Ulc
ISBN-10
1335430997
ISBN-13
9781335430991
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038857043
Product Key Features
Book Title
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Science Fiction / Time Travel, Fantasy / General, Magical Realism, Literary, Science Fiction / General
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
7.4 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-285886
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series "Endearing." --New York Times Book Review "The narrative is deeply moving." --Chicago Review of Books "A complete page-turner from the start to the end."--Buzzfeed "Heartwarming, quirky, and wistful." --HuffPost "Interwoven into what initially feels like a whimsical escape are existential conundrums of love and loss, family and freedom, life and death." --Christian Science Monitor "Charming." --Star Tribune, "Before the Coffee Gets Cold... may explore similar ground to its predecessors in the genre, but it inventively limits the mechanics of its time travel to the confines of a small cafe, and is all the more resonant for it... the narrative is deeply moving." -Chicago Review of Books "Heartwarming, quirky, and wistful." -Huffpost "A charming novel about a mysterious Japanese coffee shop in which customers who sit in a certain chair can go back in time - but just while their coffee is cooling." -Star Tribune "Kawaguchi... has a surprising, unerring ability to find lasting emotional resonance. Interwoven into what initially feels like a whimsical escape are existential conundrums of love and loss, family and freedom, life and death." -The Christian Science Monitor "By cleverly weaving fantastic strands into what turns out to be an entertaining tale... Kawaguchi builds suspense from scene to scene, carefully selecting his narrative clues." -The Arts Fuse "The story is gold. Before the Coffee Gets Cold is perfect for anyone who wants to feel connected right now." -BookReporter "Before the Coffee Gets Cold is able to create pathos for the characters who yearn in earnest to change the past... Check out Kawaguchi's work if you fancy a break from the inescapable reality of the pandemic." -The Mancunion "Toshikazu lays out a system of time travel that is unconvoluted and beautifully simple... This charmingly magical novel is about discovering happiness despite the pasts that we desperately want to revisit." -The Harvard Crimson "An affecting, deeply immersive journey into the desire to hold onto the past. This wondrous tale will move readers." -Publishers Weekly "This is a sweet, fable-like tale about a magical seat in a cafe where you can, if you wish, go back in time... An odd read, but also a charming one." --The Sydney Morning Herald "A story about human relationships, missed opportunities and the enduring power of love." --The Gryphon "A thought-provoking and at times tear-jerking realization about what we would say if we could go back in time." --Palatinate "It is full of soul, presented through clever world building and unfolding of its characters and relationships." --Books and Bao, "An affecting, deeply immersive journey into the desire to hold onto the past. This wondrous tale will move readers." -Publishers Weekly "This is a sweet, fable-like tale about a magical seat in a cafe where you can, if you wish, go back in time... An odd read, but also a charming one." --The Sydney Morning Herald "A story about human relationships, missed opportunities and the enduring power of love." --The Gryphon "A thought-provoking and at times tear-jerking realization about what we would say if we could go back in time." --Palatinate "It is full of soul, presented through clever world building and unfolding of its characters and relationships." --Books and Bao
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
895.636
Synopsis
*NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER* *AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* The first book in the five million-copy bestselling magical realism series 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. Prepare to meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer in order to: confront the man who left them receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by Alzheimer's see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. 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? Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series: 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)
LC Classification Number
PL872.5.A85C6413
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- 2***o (77)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseOrdered cookbook Friday night. Shipped Saturday morning. Arrived Thursday morning from adjacent state by USPS Bound Printed Matter in good condition. Grey plastic envelope was used (no bubble wrap). Not sure if bent corner was from shipping (see photo). One page had large corner torn off (see photo). Accurate description. Printed invoice included. Still a good value on a used book from a not-for-profit organization. Thanks!Quick Cooking Annual Recipes 2022 - Taste of Home (#375409554484)
- s***s (267)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExcellent transaction. Great comms, excellent pricing; item's condition was better than advertised (used CD). CD was well packaged (very important for a fragile jewel case), and shipped in timely manner. Seller made this sale a positive experience. 5 Stars all the way!Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan - Good - 0 (#236013734807)
- o***o (1747)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis is the second copy I bought of this book. The first copy was the wrong book. I sent a picture and they responded with an answer that didn’t match the question so I bought it again. Got the right book 2nd time! Thanks!
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Vacation read
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good magical realism text
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