Blurb
We all have something to tell those we have lost . . .
When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continue.
Then one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone box 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 box spreads, people will travel there from miles around.
Soon Yui will make her own pilgrimage to the phone box, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver. Then she finds 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.
My Opinion
This has been picked as my local book club book of the month so I have finally got around to giving it a read. I have seen some good things about this book so I went in with high expectations, which I found it didn't live up to. I listened to this as an audiobook which may be part of the reason I was lost with this book but it didn't grab me.
This book focuses on the grief suffered by those that have lost a loved one - and is actually based on a real place. The idea was great, and very thought provoking but to me I wanted more.
Rating 3/5
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