The Woman, the Boy and the Whale

bySonoko Machida, Sam Bett (Translator)

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The mega-bestselling winner of the Japan Booksellers' Award and author of THE CONVENIENCE STORE BY THE SEA. For fans of Matt Haig and BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD

Readers adore THE WOMAN, THE BOY AND THE WHALE:
'I read this in a single sitting and it saved me from the loneliness I had in my heart' *****
'A wonderful, beautiful story of what is both ugly and precious about humanity' *****

Some voices go unheard. This is what happens when one is finally found

When Kiko escapes her hard Tokyo life for a rural village by the sea, the locals can't help but question her intentions. Rumours start to fly and wariness spreads. Except nothing can be worse than where Kiko came from. Then, one day, Kiko stumbles across a boy who cannot speak. He’s shy and timid, a little wary himself.

But when Kiko shares with him the tale of the 52-hertz whale - a creature whose voice rings through the vastness of the sea, but who cannot be heard, no matter how loud it sings - the boy begins to let her in on his own story, revealing the moment that forced him to stop singing and setting them on a journey to reclaim the boy’s voice, and to recover what it means to truly be heard.

The Woman, The Boy, and The Whale is the incredible masterpiece that launched Sonoko Machida as an internationally bestselling author - and is ‘exactly what the world needs right now' (Laurie Gilmore).
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WINNER OF THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD
MADE INTO AN AWARD-NOMINATED FILM
A love letter to those who've always felt out of step with the world, THE WOMAN, THE BOY, AND THE WHALE tackles difficult themes with heartfelt tenderness and gentle irreverence. Sonoko Machida’s empathetic rendering of her characters reminds us that everyone, flawed as they may appear, deserves compassion.
Mikki Brammer, author of THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER

About Sonoko Machida

SONOKO MACHIDA won the influential Japan Booksellers’ Award in 2021 with her much-loved novel 52-Hertz Whales, retitled in English as The Woman, the Boy and the Whale, which has sold over one million copies in Japan alone and was made into powerful and hugely acclaimed film. This translation into English by Sam Bett is long awaited. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1980, Sonoko Machida graduated from school to become a hairdresser. While in her twenties, she realized she had a strong wish to write stories. Her most recent book to be translated into English is The Convenience Store by the Sea.
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  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • ISBN: 9781529934939
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Price: £14.99
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