Tales from the Cafe

A Novel

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Narrated by: Kevin Shen

From the author of the international bestseller Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this book follows four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Japanese café.

In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.

With faces both familiar and new, Tales from the Cafe follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and revisit moments with family, friends and lovers. Each one must face up to the past to move on with their lives.

Kawaguchi's wistful and heartwarming new novel once again invites the reader to ask themselves, "What would you do if you could travel back in time?"

Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1)
• Tales from the Cafe (Book 2)
• Before Your Memory Fades (Book 3)
• Before We Say Goodbye (Book 4)
• Before We Forget Kindness (Book 5)
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Boxed Set (Books 1-3)

A Perfect Follow-up

This second book is a special reminder to what a difference a few words can do to change a person’s life and bring happiness. More heartwarming stories to enjoy coffee by. You will want to listen without distractions or you can miss small details with the characters and stories. This second book is equally as good as the first and the series has become a favorite of mine I can listen to multiple times. Kevin Shen does a great job as did the first narrator. Looking forward to more stories.

My first novel to read, and I’m hooked

I love the stories ,the feeling , the go back in time concept and the way how it made me think deeply about my life and my relationships . I hope someone in Japan could convert this amazing move to an anime movie, it would be amazing !

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Charming concept

This is the second book I’ve read in this series about a small cafe in Tokyo, where patrons are able to travel to the past for a short time— as long as it takes for their coffee to get cold. Each chapter tells about the experience of a patron, and what they gain from their brief visit. Very warm and comforting.

Wonderful book

This is a book I would recommend to a person grieving the loss of a friend, parent or partner. The store takes place in a coffee shop. The people in this story can go back in time or to the future to meet people for a short period of time. There are particular rules they must follow when traveling back in time. Beautifully written and will be buying a paperback copy to keep in home.

The sincerity

I love this series. They’re such beautiful and sad stories. They definitely tug on the heartstrings. Too bad a place like this doesn’t really exist.