Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The fifth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. The fifth book in the spectacular, million-copy bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, with a fresh bunch of customers in a special Tokyo cafe hoping to go back in time. Translated from Japanese, four new guests enter the mysterious Tokyo café, each with a secret wish, each hoping to go back in time to fulfil it as their coffee is poured...

- 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...

The incomparable Toshikazu Kawaguchi introduces us to the dreams, wishes and deeply emotional encounters of these four guests, all travelling back in time to find comfort, peace, and a newfound happiness.

But, as ever, they must return before the coffee gets cold...

Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades and Before We Say Goodbye.

Series: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Format: Paperback / softback 224 pages
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
ISBN: 9781035046287
Published: 4 Sep 2025
Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction, Fantasy, Fiction in translation
Weight: 168g
Dimensions: 132 x 197 x 16 (mm)
Pub. Country: United Kingdom
Country of Origin: GB