Matcha on Monday

byMichiko Aoyama, E. Madison Shimoda (Translator)

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Sometimes a fresh start begins with a familiar face ...

By the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY - one of Japan's most beloved contemporary novelists, with more than 3 million copies sold worldwide. Return to the Marble Café in this uplifting novel of intersecting lives. Volume 2 in the Marble Café series.
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Hidden among the cherry trees in a quiet corner of Tokyo, the Marble Café is a place of warmth, connection and second chances.

And Mondays are special.

Each week, the café's enigmatic owner hosts a matcha tasting, inviting guests to slow down, savour a carefully prepared bowl of tea and discover that sometimes a small change in perspective can change everything.

Across twelve interconnected stories spanning the seasons, we meet people at turning points in their lives as each discovers unexpected connection, hope and the courage to begin again.

Watching over them all is a mysterious white cat, whose gentle observations remind us that even the smallest encounters can transform a life.

How will their lives connect?

MATCHA ON MONDAY is a celebration of friendship, community and the everyday moments that can lead us somewhere new.
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Readers around the world have fallen in love with MATCHA ON MONDAY:

'These words resonate in my heart' *****

'I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears several times' *****

'A miraculous story that shows the importance of seeing life from a different perspective' *****

'The perfect companion to HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY' *****

About Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park. Her latest novel to be published in English, Talking in a Moonlit Forest was also shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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