In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. Such lovely stories of peoples lives shared along the way
Great setting and situation the main character finds herself in... on purpose/by accident. A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro.She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident.
A great read. An easy read. An emotionally powerful novel about families and ageing, It is about love, loss and whanau,
Great book about a weekend away during the pandemic. A group of friends escapes to a house in the country where they entertain themselves by playing music, eating, drinking and telling stories about their lives.
It is a about a young woman who becomes a housekeeper for her brother. It highlights oppression and a whole lot of other weird stuff i didn't really get.
This book is an easy read with a story line that goes full circle as the mother shares her past with her daughters. It is an international best seller and perfect for after report writing.
Red rocks is about relationships, magic and moral values. It is set on the south coast of Wellington and the main character a boy visiting his father takes something that does not belong to him and the story unravels because of this.