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Before Your Memory Fades

Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Book 3

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Before Your Memory Fades

Written by: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
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The million-copy bestselling series.

Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s touching Before Your Memory Fades, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?


On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through time.

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another heartfelt story of lost souls hoping to take advantage of the cafe's time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces, readers will also be introduced to:

The daughter who begrudges her deceased parents for leaving her orphaned
The comedian who aches for his beloved and their shared dreams
The younger sister whose grief has become all-consuming
The young man who realizes his love for his childhood friend too late . . .

Featuring Kawaguchi's signature wistful storytelling, Before Your Memory Fades is full of heart and emotion.

Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the coffee gets cold, Tales from the cafe, Before we say goodbye, and Before we forget kindness.

**Before I knew I loved you, the sixth book in the series, is available to pre-order now!**

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The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Having read the first two, we can attest it will be just the thing to curl up with on a rainy afternoon.
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I have read the previous two book in this series and loved both. It’s one of my fav magical realism book i ever read. It’s cozy, emotional, and heartwarming. I cannot recommend this enough. Loved this

Loved it! 💖

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I have read three so far and I love it. Such a wonderful concept and beautifully woven stories.
Excited to read the next one.

Loving the series

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as soon as I saw this, I HAD to buy it ❤ top read

Love this Series!!!!! Never disappoints!!

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one of those books which is not veryy excellent but they stay in your heart. really loved sachi's character and wannaa know more about kazu's story

stories are muchh more interesting than part 2 of this series

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Continue to love the series, the third book is set further down in time and shares glimpses of how the characters from the cafe have evolved. As always the various short stories are heat warming and guaranteed to leave you with moist eyes!

Simple, emotive and Warm stories

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