The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
- Author Laura Imai Messina
- Narrator Yuriri Naka
- Publisher Manilla Press
- Publish Date 25 June 2020
- Run Time 6 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss.
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What to expect
We all have something to tell those we have lost . . .
On a windy hill in Japan, in a garden overlooking the sea stands a disused phone box. For years, people have travelled to visit the phone box, to pick up the receiver and speak into the wind: to pass their messages to loved ones no longer with us.
When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she is plunged into despair and wonders how she will ever carry on. One day she hears of the phone box, and decides to make her own pilgrimage there, to speak once more to the people she loved the most. But when you have lost everything, the right words can be the hardest thing to find . . .
Then she meets Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss. What happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breaking...
The Phone Box at the Edge of the World is an unforgettable story of the depths of grief, the lightness of love and the human longing to keep the people who are no longer with us close to our hearts.
Everyone is talking about The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
'A moving and uplifting anatomisation of grief and the small miraculous moments that persuade people to start looking forward again' Sunday Times
'Strangely beautiful, uplifting and memorable, it's a book to savour' Choice, Book of the Month
'A poignant, atmospheric novel dealing with love, coming to terms with loss and the restoration of one's self' Daily Mail
'A story about the dogged survival of hope when all else is lost . . . A striking haiku of the human heart' The Times
'Beautiful. A message of hope for anyone who is lost, frightened or grieving' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of After the End
'Incredibly moving. It will break your heart and soothe your soul' Stacey Halls, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars
'Mesmerising . . . beautiful . . . a joy to read' Joanna Glen, Costa shortlisted author of The Other Half of Augusta Hope
'Spare and poetic, this beautiful book is both a small, quiet love story and a vast expansive meditation on grieving and loss' Heat
'A perfect poignant read' Woman & Home
| Author | Laura Imai Messina |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Yuriri Naka |
| Duration | 6 hours and 7 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781786580436 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Manilla Press |
| Genre | Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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