Exploring profound themes of connection and loss, this Japanese fantasy mystery centers on Ayumi, a go-between who facilitates reunions between the living and the deceased under strict conditions. Each client's request reveals their emotional struggles and past relationships, from a woman seeking closure from a kind celebrity to a salaryman confronting his lost love. As these poignant encounters unfold, readers are invited to reflect on their own desires for connection and understanding, making for a captivating and thought-provoking narrative.
PICK UP YOUR NEXT READ FOR FANS OF LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD - the story of a young man with special powers to connect the living with the afterlife. The bestselling companion read to LOST SOULS MEET UNDER A FULL MOON Over 1.2 million copies sold in the series Readers adore it: 'Warms your heart' ***** 'I can't express how good this is. Made me feel the weight of human life' ***** 'The relationship with the dead, the messengers, the clients, and the existence of fate - it all felt so intimate to me' ***** 'As good as the first book'***** _____ Ayumi is searching for the best way to balance the responsibility of his special powers for connecting the living and the afterlife with his own desires as a young man in the real world. According to strict rules, meetings must take place under a full moon: -A young film star finds resolution with the father who abandoned him, but not as he expected; - An amateur historian fan is obsessed to meet a minor warlord of the sixteenth century; -Ayumi manages two meetings on the same evening, both have lost their daughters; -A former cook, whose request to visit an upper-class young woman in the afterlife has been repeatedly rejected, is finally granted his wish, and to share a life-changing view of cherry blossom. Find out how Ayumi and his clients learn to lose their regrets, open up to the unexpected, and cherish what they already have.
