THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER

Readers love HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY:
Slipped into my heart andwarmedme, just like a cup ofcocoa*****
I definitelyrecommendthis book!*****
Thursday is the beginning of the second half of the week. I feltrestoredreadingthis*****
Reminds you that everyone is living their own daily joy and pain.Heartwarming*****
This made me realise how wemagicallyinfluence each otherslives without realising it*****
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Across a bridge, in view of cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe where awoman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favourite hot drink.Both wonder about each other and about the other lives of the clientele whofrequent this charming little cafe behind the trees ….

Taking a walk along the river, cooking the best tamagoyaki, ordering hotchocolate, forgetting to remove our nail polish… The small, everyday actsthat we do can offer unexpected encounters and ultimately change a life.

HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY connects twelve slice-of-life moments that open andclose with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious MarbleCafe.

What happens in between will touch and swell your heart, as readers connectwith a community of untold unfolding lives.
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Have you tried the uplifting THE HEALING HIPPO OF HINODE PARK also by MichikoAoyama?

About the Author

Michiko Aoyama (Author)

Michiko Aoyamais from Aichi Prefecture, Honshu,Japan. She is the author of the multi-million-copy bestsellingWhat YouAre Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which wasaTimeBook of the Year, aTimesbestsellerand aNew YorkTimesBook of the Month.Matchaon Mondayis a companion read to the authors debut,HotChocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious MarbleCafe, a tiny community caf in Tokyo.

Another book available in English by Aoyama and translatedby Takami Nieda is the international bestsellerThe Healing Hippo ofHinode Park.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.