
Matcha on Monday
Michiko Aoyama(Author)
Doubleday (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-5299-5014-4 (ISBN)
Description
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER
By the multi-million-copy author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
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Tucked behind the trees in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, the beloved Marble cafe offers a cup of warm, healing matcha to all who pass through its doors.
Customers flock all week to Cafe Marble, tucked away behind the cherry trees. But Monday is a special day: the enigmatic owner hosts a tea tasting. The ritual invites its clientele to pause, reconnect with their inner peace, and rediscover the value of simplicity, allowing the bitterness of matcha to soothe their troubles.
Following the twelve calendar months, Matcha on Monday follows people from all walks of life: a woman who needs to change, a couple facing a crisis, an artist who has lost her purpose, and a young woman struggling to break free from family expectations. As each customer frequents Cafe Marble's cosy haven, they start their week with a warm sip of matcha and the joys of everyday human connection.
Warm and luminous, this heart-warming story brings together a community of untold unfolding lives. As a snow-white cat peacefully puzzles over the surrounding humans, Cafe Marble becomes the setting for unexpected encounters that will change everything for those who walk through its doors-all starting with a cup of matcha.
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Loving praise from international readers for MATCHA ON MONDAY:
'These words resonate in my heart' *****
'I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears a few times' *****
'A miraculous story that shows the importance of giving things perspective' *****
'It would be a great idea to read this together with HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY'*****
'The same taste and feeling as drinking a cup of matcha' *****
By the multi-million-copy author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
__________
Tucked behind the trees in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, the beloved Marble cafe offers a cup of warm, healing matcha to all who pass through its doors.
Customers flock all week to Cafe Marble, tucked away behind the cherry trees. But Monday is a special day: the enigmatic owner hosts a tea tasting. The ritual invites its clientele to pause, reconnect with their inner peace, and rediscover the value of simplicity, allowing the bitterness of matcha to soothe their troubles.
Following the twelve calendar months, Matcha on Monday follows people from all walks of life: a woman who needs to change, a couple facing a crisis, an artist who has lost her purpose, and a young woman struggling to break free from family expectations. As each customer frequents Cafe Marble's cosy haven, they start their week with a warm sip of matcha and the joys of everyday human connection.
Warm and luminous, this heart-warming story brings together a community of untold unfolding lives. As a snow-white cat peacefully puzzles over the surrounding humans, Cafe Marble becomes the setting for unexpected encounters that will change everything for those who walk through its doors-all starting with a cup of matcha.
_________
Loving praise from international readers for MATCHA ON MONDAY:
'These words resonate in my heart' *****
'I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears a few times' *****
'A miraculous story that shows the importance of giving things perspective' *****
'It would be a great idea to read this together with HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY'*****
'The same taste and feeling as drinking a cup of matcha' *****
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-5014-4 (9781529950144)
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The charming Japanese healing novel by the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
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Michiko Aoyama (Author)
Michiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author's debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community cafe in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.
Michiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author's debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community cafe in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.