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Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Before We Forget Kindness

A Novel

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Narrator Kevin Shen

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Length 5 hours 46 minutes
Language English
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In the fifth book in the sensational, cozy Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:


  • The father who could not allow his daughter to get married

  • A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one

  • A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents

  • A wife holding a child with no name . . .

They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold. Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before we forget kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.

Catch up on the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series: 

  • Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  • Tales from the Cafe

  • Before Your Memory Fades

  • Before We Say Goodbye

TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He has produced, directed and written for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song and family time. His play Before the Coffee Gets Cold won the grand prize at the Suginami Drama Festival. This is his debut as an author. Before the Coffee Gets Cold has become an international bestseller and has been adapted for the screen in Japan.

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