Hot Chocolate on Thursday
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Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER The Japanese bestselling modern classic by the original healing fiction author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD _________________ Readers love 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?
Michiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo. Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781529950120 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529950120 |
| Title | Hot Chocolate on Thursday |
| Author | Aoyama Michiko |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Year published | 2026-02-19 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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