{"product_id":"9781786071958","title":"Sweet Bean Paste : The International Bestseller - Alison Watts","description":"\u003cp\u003e�'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of�P.S. I Love YouA charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary JapanIf you enjoyed We'll Prescribe You a Cat or Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, you'll love Sweet Bean PasteSentaro has failed. He has a criminal record,�drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a�writer is just a distant memory. With only the�blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the�passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of�pancake filled with sweet bean paste. But everything is about to change. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman�with disfigured hands and a troubled past.�Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste�Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to�teach him her craft, but as their friendship�flourishes, social pressures become impossible�to escape and Tokue's dark secret is revealed,with devastating consequences. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the�burden of the past and the redemptive power�of friendship. Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa's beautiful prose�is capturing hearts all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Watts","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 05\/10\/2017 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":56970509975927,"sku":"9781786071958","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781786071958.jpg?v=1780998655","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781786071958","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}