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The Library of Heartbeats
by Laura Imai Messina
Written with such tenderness and care, we follow Suichi on a journey of self discovery, and his life after a devastating event. He learns about happiness and how to move through a life that was riddled with guilt, loneliness and pain.
Suichi takes a journey to Teshima, to the library of heartbeats, which I was so pleased to know that this is a real place 💕
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“We all have one in our chest (heartbeat), all of us. But everyone hears it differently” pg 247
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This is such a calm, heartfelt, emotional read and I utterly adored it. I think I’m both heart-warmed and heartbroken at the same time. I also learnt a lot of facts and research about the heart and heartbeats which were woven in, which makes it extra special.
This is a easy read- large text and spaced out pages, so you can fly through the pages quickly. This is the same author who wrote The Phone Box at the End of the World, which I have heard about but am going to make a priority to read it.