If you're fascinated by the delicate intertwining of the mundane and the magical, "Before We Say Goodbye - Before the Coffee Gets Cold" could be just the book for you. It carries the unique charm of a simple premise—time travel in a café—with deeply human stories. Imagine sipping your own warm beverage while diving into these tender narratives of love, loss, and the things we wish to say before it's too late.

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The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a new group of customers in a magical time-traveling Tokyo café. The regulars at Café Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with the whimsical ability it grants them to take a trip into the past—as well as the strict rules involved, including that each traveler must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to get cold. In Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s previous novels, patrons have been reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. Now readers will once again be introduced to a new set of visitors. The Husband with Something Important Left to Say, The Woman Who Couldn’t Bid Her Dog Farewell, The Woman Who Couldn’t Answer a Proposal, The Daughter Who Drove Her Father Away. In Last Chance to Say Goodbye, which is translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and features signature heartwarming characters and wistful storytelling, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: What would you change if you could travel back in time?

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