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A Novel (A Lost Souls Novel)
by Mizuki Tsujimura
A suspenseful magical realism novel about a mysterious teenage "go-between" who arranges meetings between the living and the dead, from multimillion-copy Japanese bestselling author Mizuki Tsujimura.
I bring together the living and the departed. I am the go-between.
When a young woman from Tokyo contacts the go-between to request a meeting with a deceased TV star who once helped her, she doesn't expect a teenage boy to show up. Dressed in a designer duffel coat and carrying a tattered notebook, Ayumi Shibuya offers an extraordinary service: he reunites the living with their dearly departed. Meeting his clients at a luxury hotel, Ayumi lays down the ground rules: each reunion is a one-time arrangement that the dead can refuse, the service is entirely free, and the meeting must take place during a full moon. As Ayumi arranges these reunions, we encounter a resentful eldest son who wants to ask his mother to unearth the deeds to a plot of land, a teenage girl who blames herself for her best friend's death, and a weary businessman seeking answers about his fiancée's disappearance days after he proposed.
Already a multimillion-copy bestseller in Japan, Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon is storytelling at its finest. Captivating, cozy, and compulsively readable, this is an unforgettable page-turner in which the living and the dead are given one last chance for closure.
"Tsujimura raises poignant and powerful questions about what the living owe not only the dead, but each other; and how we make peace with others and ourselves in the wake of overwhelming grief. A touching novel about loss with a magical and mystical flourish." —Kirkus Reviews
"The newest novel by Tsujimura, translated from Japanese, has a clear premise, clear prose, and offers fascinating complexity that unfolds through five, rich chapters.... Readers who enjoy piecing together mysteries and thinking about big questions will love this satisfying tale, with a sequel promised." —Booklist
"A fireside tale that looks at how and why the living are haunted by the dead… Tsujimura's profound insights into ordinary lives and motivations – and how the dead might ease the minds of the living – make this a ghostly little masterpiece." —Wall Street Journal
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Mizuki Tsujimura is a bestselling Japanese author whose books have sold over 10 million copies. Several of her books have been made into high-profile Japanese-language films and manga. Loved by booksellers and readers alike, she has won both the Japan Booksellers' award and the more literary Naoki Prize.
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