
A Tale for the Time Being
From Shelf: The Booker Prize 2013 Shortlist
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a timeless and compassionate novel about what it means to be human
*PRE-ORDER RUTH OZEKI'S NEW NOVEL, THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS, TODAY*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.
RRP: £9.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781786893901