[DeepL Translation - needs review] Three o'clock on a Sunday afternoon,
Where the world's warmest treats are made.
A special snack time is held to remember those who have reached the end of their lives!
The latest full-length novel by Ito Ogawa, author of "Tsubaki Stationery Store"
Lion's Snacks is the latest novel by Ito Ogawa, a Japanese publishing sensation that won the 2020 Bookstore Grand Prize, was made into an NHK drama in 2021, and has sold 220,000 copies. "Ogawa Ito, who has comfort...
Not an easy read for sure, I cried a lot at this one. A very gentle sweet novel about a woman dying of cancer who chooses to spend the rest of the time she has left at a hospice called Lion House on a beautiful quiet island full of lemon groves.
The language was generally very straightforward and high frequency as it mostly discussed people's lifetime memories as well as the main character's activites as she enjoyed the island and the people she met there. If the theme sounds like your cup of