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How to Hold Someone in your Heart

How to Hold Someone in your Heart

From the Japanese bestselling author of Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Summary

THE NEXT READ FOR FANS OF LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD about a young man who connects the living with the dead.

The bestselling companion read to LOST SOULS MEET UNDER A FULL MOON
Over 1.2 million copies sold in the series


Whether someone can find their way to the go-between is determined by fate.

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon followed the teenage Ayumi as he took his first steps as a Tsunagu, or "go-between," a person with the power to connect with the dead and bring them briefly back to meet the living. In this much-loved sequel set seven years later, Ayumi is no longer a teenager and is a little more assured in his role, though still searching for the best way to manage his life as go-between and as a young man in the real world.

We meet two of his clients, whose emotional quests are weaved masterfully with Ayumi's own life, now working in the world of wooden toy design. HOW TO HOLD SOMEONE IN YOUR HEART is Tsujimura's tender and philosophical narrative about the power of connection-with our own stories and, more importantly, with the everydayness that makes up all our lives.

About the author

Mizuki Tsujimura

MIZUKI TSUJIMURA is the much-loved author of million-copy-bestselling mystery and puzzlebox novels. Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon explores our relationship with the memories of deceased loved ones and what gives our lives meaning. It was made into a high-budget Japanese-language film and won a newcomer award. Its sequel, How to Hold Someone in Your Heart, was also a huge bestseller, cementing the appeal of Tsujimura’s unique combination of emotion, mystery and magic. She is the author of the groundbreaking novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror, which was also adapted for anime and manga and which combines real-world fantasy with important themes of mental health and friendship. Tsujimura has won many awards, including the Japan Booksellers' Award and the Naoki Prize, and is published worldwide. English-language editions of many of her works, including True Mothers, Arrogance and Virtue (now a major Japanese-language), The Made-to-Order Club and Summer of Amber, are due to be published soon.
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