{"product_id":"before-i-knew-i-loved-you-a-cozy-magical-realism-novel-of-time-travel-love-and-memory-set-in-a-fabled-tokyo-cafe-original-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-6","title":"Before I Knew I Loved You: A Cozy Magical Realism Novel of Time Travel, Love, and Memory, Set in a Fabled Tokyo Café (Original) (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #6)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Heartwarming, whimsical... offering comfort at a time when the world seems off-kilter and chaotic.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Endearing.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"The narrative is deeply moving.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A complete page-turner from the start to the end.\"-- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Heartwarming, quirky, and wistful.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Interwoven into what initially feels like a whimsical escape are existential conundrums of love and loss, family and freedom, life and death.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Charming.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eBefore I Knew I Loved You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kawaguchi certainly has crafted a perfect recipe; may his resonating reunions live on and on and on. Kawaguchi's latest highlights youthful experiences teens will likely appreciate; discovering this may well charm them into exploring the earlier titles.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling \u003cem\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold\u003c\/em\u003e series about a cozy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible - not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to time travel, and revisit the ones you love...\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn \n\u003cem\u003e Before I Knew I Loved You\u003c\/em\u003e, Toshikazu Kawaguchi takes us back to the warm heart of the mysterious Funiculi Funicula Cafe, with four new guests whose luminous stories of love, lost and won again, will reaffirm your belief in its eternal potential. In this enchanting work of magical realism, we meet: \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe girl who couldn't call her mother, and yearns to reconnect with her\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe man who waited for a reply from his girlfriend, and never heard from her\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe woman anxious to travel ahead to know what her future holds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe student who travels back to meet his father again, who passed away many years before.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eYet the same rules always apply - you must return before the coffee gets cold. And while it does, memories are revisited, people are changed for ever, and the enduring power of love transcends the boundaries of time. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth book in the phenomenal, bestselling series, translated from Japanese, \u003cem\u003eBefore I Knew I Loved You\u003c\/em\u003e asks the irresistible question: what would you do if you were offered the chance to go back in time?\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eMeet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series: \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTales from the Cafe (Book 2)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore Your Memory Fades (Book 3)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye (Book 4)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore We Forget Kindness (Book 5)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore I Knew I Loved You (Book 6)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold - Boxed Set (Books 1-3)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold - Boxed Set (Books 1-6)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781335000682, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9781335000682, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKawaguchi, Toshikazu\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. 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