A Tale for the Time Being (Canons) by Ruth Ozeki (Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize)

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a timeless and compassionate novel about what it means to be human

In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home in British Columbia. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes, heartbreak and dreams of a young girl desperate for someone to understand her. Each turn of the page pulls Ruth deeper into the mystery of Nao's life, and forever changes her in a way neither could foresee.

Weaving across continents and decades, A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and the search for home.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canongate Canons; Main - Canons edition (2 Jun. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1838856250
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1838856250
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm

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