IF YOU LIKED THE HIGHEST TIDE…..

Sixteen year old Nao is overwhelmed by loneliness, cruelty and the weight of the world. She makes a decision to end her life but first she starts writing the story of her great-grandmother, a 100-year-old buddhist nun.

Halfway across the world Ruth finds Nao’s diary inside a washed up Hello Kitty lunchbox and becomes completely consumed by the mystery. Who is Nao? What happened to her? How long has her diary been floating around in the ocean?

A raw display of intergenerational trauma. An exploration into the folds of time.

This book felt like magic. I’m not someone who enjoys sci fi or fantasy books so i was skeptical of this one. I kid you not but by the third sentence on the first page... I was hooked.

Nao’s voice felt like a friend.

I learned so much about life in Japan like the culture of kids in school. Bullying is a whole other game over there.

A Tale For The Time Being is tender and completely immersive. It’s a story about connection and memory and what it means to exist in this exact moment.

This was a perfect book to me.

Perfect pacing.

Characters I was completely consumed by and who continued to become more and more developed through the story.

Magical. Just so fucking magical.

Sad. Empowering.

Heartbreaking. Uplifting.

Everything all at once.

Grab your copy here!

(5/5 stars)