{"product_id":"matcha-on-monday-book-02","title":"Matcha On Monday (Book 02)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes a fresh start begins with a familiar face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume two in the Marble Cafe series. By the multi-million-copy author of WHAT\nYOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD\u003cbr\u003e\n_____\u003cbr\u003e\nTucked behind the trees in a quiet neighbourhood in Tokyo, the beloved Marble\ncafé offers a cup of warm, healing matcha to all who pass through its doors.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCustomers flock all week to Café Marble, tucked away behind the cherry trees.\nBut Monday is a special day: the enigmatic owner hosts a tea tasting. The\nritual invites its clientele to pause, reconnect with their inner peace, and\nrediscover the value of simplicity, allowing the bitterness of matcha to soothe\ntheir troubles.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFollowing the twelve calendar months, \u003ci\u003eMatcha on Monday\u003c\/i\u003e follows\npeople from all walks of life: a woman who needs to change her attitude, a\ncouple facing a crisis, an artist who has lost her purpose, and a young woman\nstruggling to break free from family expectations. As each customer frequents\nCafé Marble’s cosy haven, they start their week with a warm sip of matcha and\nthe joys of everyday human connection.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWarm and luminous, this heart-warming story brings together a community of\nuntold unfolding lives. As a snow-white cat peacefully puzzles over the\nsurrounding humans, Café Marble becomes the setting for unexpected encounters\nthat will change everything for those who walk through its doors—all starting\nwith a cup of matcha.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLoving praise from international readers for MATCHA ON MONDAY:\u003cbr\u003e\n‘These words resonate in my heart’ *****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears a few times’ *****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A miraculous story that shows the importance of giving things perspective’\n*****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘It would be a great idea to read this together with HOT CHOCOLATE ON\nTHURSDAY’*****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘The same taste and feeling as drinking a cup of matcha’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichiko Aoyama\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the\nmulti-million-copy bestselling \u003ci\u003eWhat You Are Looking For is in the\nLibrary\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Alison Watts, which was a \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eBook\nof the Year, a \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and a \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eBook\nof the Month. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatcha on Monday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a companion read to\nthe author’s debut, \u003ci\u003eHot Chocolate on Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e. Both are set in and\naround the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnother book available in English by Aoyama and translated\nby Takami Nieda is the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Hippo of\nHinode Park\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\nAoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597798072527,"sku":"9781529950144","price":34.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_2e0a2032-f20a-4661-889d-fdd0c00f36e4.webp?v=1784078228","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/matcha-on-monday-book-02","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}