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Lovely little novella about the author's years in Kyoto.
Really good description and detail.

It‘s a lovely travel memoir of a tour guide living in Kyoto, friendship and being young. I liked the atmosphere in the beginning as it describes this friendship that comes to an end, and somehow, the whole city is a reminder of that.

What makes it a so so is that I expected a bit more from it, something lyrical and nostalgic but some parts of the book were more about how the author didn‘t like her job so much…

Lovely memoir about being young, living in Kyoto and feeling your insecurities with yourself and others. Enjoyed.🌿

This book touched my heart. Rose loses her unknown Japanese father and travels to Kyoto for his last will. She discovers the country, its culture and its people and all of this offers her the most beautiful way to mourn the father she never met. Thank you Cassie for bringing it to my attention! 🌹 🇯🇵

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This one's a soft pick for me.

A woman loses her father and travels to Japan. There's so much in this one about grief and the temples and gardens were described with such beautiful imagery that I felt like I was walking through them.

My only complaint is that because it was short some parts of the story felt rushed.

Overall, it was a heartfelt read and I love Barbery's writing style.

Beautiful story written in Barbery‘s unique style. Heartbreaking yet joyful.

And here we are in front of Susan's photo.

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Returned some library books so of course I had to get more!!

The only thing that worked for me in this book is writing - at the level of sentences … everything else is too predictable and too pathetic.
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My first read of 2022 (pictured here with all the books my husband gave me for Christmas and my birthday, which was last week). I enjoyed the atmospheric descriptions of Kyoto's temples. Made me want to go there even more!