Days at the Torunka Cafe Harald Voetmann Rachael Allen

Rachael Allen

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Days at the Torunka Cafe Harald Voetmann Rachael AllenFrom the author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo caf where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles. Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Caf, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the