Marble Café series – serie

Michiko Aoyama's second novel in English, now in paperback: THE HEALING HIPPO OF HINODE PARK_____________For readers who believe small moments can change everythingTHE GLOBAL BESTSELLERVolume 1 in the Marble Cafe series. By the multi-million-copy bestselling author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD_________________Readers adore HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY:‘Slipped into my heart and warmed me, just like a cup of cocoa’ *****‘I definitely recommend this book!’ *****‘Thursday is the beginning of the second half of the week. I felt restored reading this’ *****‘Reminds you that everyone is living their own daily joy and pain. Heartwarming’ *****‘This made me realise how we magically influence each other’s lives without realising it’ *****___________Across a bridge, by some cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favourite hot drink. Both wonder about each other and about the lives of 12 customers and staff who frequent this charming little cafe behind the trees ....Taking a walk along the river, cooking the best tamagoyaki, ordering hot chocolate, forgetting to remove our nail polish... The small, everyday acts that we do can offer unexpected encounters and ultimately change a life.HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY connects twelve slice-of-life moments that open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious Marble Cafe.What happens in between will touch and swell your heart, as readers connect with a community of untold unfolding lives._________Have you tried the uplifting THE HEALING HIPPO OF HINODE PARK also by Michiko Aoyama?

Sometimes a fresh start begins with a familiar faceVolume two in the Marble Cafe series. By the multi-million-copy author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD_______________Tucked behind the trees in a quiet neighbourhood in Tokyo, the beloved Marble café offers a cup of warm, healing matcha to all who pass through its doors.Customers flock all week to Café Marble, tucked away behind the cherry trees. But Monday is a special day: the enigmatic owner hosts a tea tasting. The ritual invites its clientele to pause, reconnect with their inner peace, and rediscover the value of simplicity, allowing the bitterness of matcha to soothe their troubles.Following the twelve calendar months, Matcha on Monday follows people from all walks of life: a woman who needs to change her attitude, a couple facing a crisis, an artist who has lost her purpose, and a young woman struggling to break free from family expectations. As each customer frequents Café Marble’s cosy haven, they start their week with a warm sip of matcha and the joys of everyday human connection.Warm and luminous, this heart-warming story brings together a community of untold unfolding lives. As a snow-white cat peacefully puzzles over the surrounding humans, Café Marble becomes the setting for unexpected encounters that will change everything for those who walk through its doors—all starting with a cup of matcha.Loving praise from international readers for MATCHA ON MONDAY:‘These words resonate in my heart’ *****‘I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears a few times’ *****‘A miraculous story that shows the importance of giving things perspective’ *****‘It would be a great idea to read this together with HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY’*****‘The same taste and feeling as drinking a cup of matcha’ *****