The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World: A Novel

This gentle book will not let me go. The book tells a simple story about grief and loss that feels intensely personal but is entirely universal. Every life has loss. And every life needs grace. This book is full of grace as people learn to cope with the unimaginable. The process is not fast, and it is not easy. This story begins after the disastrous earthquake and tsunami at Fukishima. Yui, our main character, lost her daughter and her mother to the tsunami. Yui hosts a call-in radio show and that is where she hears of the wind phone. The wind phone is a real place that plays a big role in this novel. It remains open to all. We follow Yui’s literal and symbolic journey to the wind phone and meet her fellow travelers. The book is filled with sadness but infused with hope and healing. The author has written a story with great empathy and a delicate touch. I underestimated the impact of this book at the beginning, but as it progressed, I found myself immersed in its world. This is a book that will make you a better person with more empathy and a better understanding of humanity. It is a book that I will recommend and probably buy again.

This is a love story set during a painful loss. Well written.But not a page turner.Tender and loving.

What a magical heartbreaking soul inspiring read. The line betwee fictional and factual dissappears and brings to life the story of grief, loss, love, hope, and dreaming within each of us. Written in a odd style that appears to be off putting to some in others reviews. Yes it is a different style of writing but I found that that is where the lines of fictional and factual were erased. This is a story worth being written as much as read.

Thought the book was very intriguing. Shared it with my sister who deals with a lot of people who are grieving as she is a Hospice chaplain. The book arrived in perfect condition.

It wasn't necessarily bad, but I wouldn't go as far as to call it decent. In my opinion, the author's portrayal of grief is quite shallow and surface-level. The pacing may be perfect for someone else that has the brain capacity to understand it, but for me it was gruesome at best and exhausting at worst. Despite the author's efforts, I did not feel connected to any of the characters. The vocabulary and diction does not reflect sorrow. Grief for me has always been something wild and frenzied in contrast of the quiet and almost monotonous way the author writes it. This book was not for me.

I very much enjoyed the fluidity of the writing and the cast of characters that told the story. The basis of the story was the great sunami that hit the region and a park that was made to honor those killed in the sunami.

This is a slow moving book and English is obviously not the primary language - I felt the slow and simple pace of the book allowed room for the reader to be more deeply impacted. This is a beautiful picture of what it feels like to walk through the grief process and shows both the pain and the beauty of healing.

I enjoyed it. I recommend it to anyone that’s grieving. It’s a slow read yet very eye opening

Libro davvero toccante. Non riuscivo a trovarlo in inglese ma qui su Amazon l’ho trovato. Spedizione lunga nei tempi ma ne vale la pena se volete leggere in lingua inglese.A prescindere consiglio comunque la lettura di questo libro

Lovely secondhand hardcover. Haven’t read yet but was recommended it by a friend who loved the story. Arrived on time and well packaged. Thank you

This story told the effects of a tsunami that you never consider. I read it on my kindle but have bought the hardback as a birthday gift for a friend. I feel the need to share it.

It was an interesting story and I really enjoyed it!