The release date for the English version of 'Before We Say Goodbye' by
Toshikazu Kawaguchi is Nov 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The fourth book in the best-selling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, set in a mystical time-traveling Tokyo café, follows a new set of patrons.
The whimsical ability to travel back in time that the regulars at Café Funiculi Funicula are accustomed to, as well as the stringent guidelines that entail returning to the present in the amount of time it takes for their coffee to cool down, are all well known to them. In Toshikazu Kawaguchi's earlier stories, readers have visited loved ones, reconciled with estranged family, and reconnected with past romantic partners. Readers will now be introduced to a fresh group of guests once more.
The Wife Who Still Has Something Essential to Say
The Woman Who Was Unable to Say Goodbye to Her Dog
The Woman Who Was Unable to Respond to a Request
The Daughter Who Left Her Dad Behind
Geoffrey Trousselot's translation of Kawaguchi's Last Chance to Say Goodbye, which has her trademark endearing characters and melancholy storytelling, asks the reader once more, "What would you change if you could travel back in time?"