Hot Chocolate on Thursday

在櫻花盛開的河畔橋邊，隱身林間的「Marble Cafe」靜靜佇立。一位總是點熱可可的女子，在筆記本上書寫日常；年輕的侍者默默為她準備熟悉的滋味。彼此不曾真正交談，卻在心裡猜想對方的人生，也觀察著來來往往的客人。

本書以十二個彼此相連的生活片段，描繪散步、煎玉子燒、塗指甲油這些微小瞬間，如何在不經意間改變他人的命運。故事溫柔細膩，如一杯暖熱可可，緩緩滲入心底，提醒我們——在各自的孤單與喜悅之中，人與人始終悄悄相互照亮。

THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER

By the multi-million copy author of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Readers love Hot Chocolate on Thursday:

‘Slipped into my heart and warmed me, just like a cup of cocoa’ ★★★★★

‘I definitely recommend this book!’ ★★★★★

‘Thursday is the beginning of the second half of the week. I felt restored reading this’ ★★★★★

‘Reminds you that everyone is living their own daily joy and pain. Heartwarming’ ★★★★★

‘This made me realise how we magically influence each other’s lives without realising it’ ★★★★★

Across a bridge, in view of cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe,
where a woman 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
who frequent this charming little cafe behind the trees.

Taking a walk along the river,
cooking the best tamagoyaki,
ordering hot chocolate,
forgetting to remove our nail polish...

The small, everyday acts that we do
can offer unexpected encounters
and ultimately change a life.

Hot Chocolate on Thursday connects twelve slice-of-life moments
that open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate
at the mysterious Marble Cafe.

What happens in between will touch and swell your heart,
as readers connect with a community of untold, unfolding lives.

Have you tried the uplifting
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park
also by Michiko Aoyama?