{"product_id":"the-phone-booth-at-the-edge-of-the-world-paperback","title":"The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Imai Messina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international bestselling novel, sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of survival, inspired by a real phone booth in Japan with its disconnected \"wind\" phone, a place of pilgrimage and solace since the 2011 tsunami--now in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and when grief took hold of her life. Yui struggles to continue on, alone with her pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their grief. As news of the phone booth spreads, people travel to it from miles around. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon Yui makes her own pilgrimage to the phone booth, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver. Instead she finds Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of her mother's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, \u003ci\u003eThe Phone Booth at the Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is the signpost pointing to the healing that can come after. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Imai Messina\u003c\/b\u003e is an Italian novelist born and raised in Rome. She earned her PhD in comparative studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and lives in Japan with her husband and two children. \u003ci\u003eThe Phone Booth at the Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, sold in 21 countries and an international bestseller, is her English-language debut.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 7.92 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987628851501,"sku":"9781419754319","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SDBKSlRxait6WFhoMWZTZ1pSMGROdz09.webp?v=1776183109","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-phone-booth-at-the-edge-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}