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Before I Knew I Loved You

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The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.

In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible - not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love . . .

In Before I knew I loved you, Toshikazu Kawaguchi takes us back to the warm heart of the mysterious Funiculi Funicula Cafe, with another four guests whose luminous stories of love, lost and won again, will reaffirm your belief in its eternal potential. In this book, we meet:

- The girl who wishes to make amends with the mother she never accepted
- The man who waited for a reply from his girlfriend, and never heard from her
- The woman anxious to travel ahead to know what her future holds
- The student who travels back to meet his father again, who passed away many years before.

Yet the same rules always apply - you must return before the coffee gets cold. And while it does, memories are revisited, people are changed forever, and the enduring power of love transcends the boundaries of time.

The sixth book in the phenomenal, bestselling series, translated from Japanese, Before I knew I loved you asks the irresistible question: what would you do if you were offered the chance to go back in time?

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ISBN9781037410116
PublisherPan Macmillan
Publication Date05/21/26
Pages240

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  • annxchrstn
    annxchrstn

    38 Followers

    4.0

    Ein krönender Abschluss

    Mit „Before I Knew I Loved You“ hat Kawaguchi einen tollen Abschluss der Reihe getroffen. Herzerwärmend, lustig und ergreifend im gewohnten Stil lernen wir wieder mehrere Café-Besucher kennen, die in Vergangenheit und Zukunft reisen wollen, um nochmal abschließende Worte zu sagen. Nicht mein Lieblingsteil aus der Reihe, aber auch nicht mein least Favorite, es hat mich gecatcht, und ein paar Tränen sind auch geflossen, wie immer. Schöne, abwechselnde Besucher und auch was Neues war diesmal dabei und ich kann diesen Teil wieder wärmsten Herzens empfehlen!

    Jun 17, 2026

  • feat.filiz
    feat.filiz

    15 Followers

    4.0

    Ich liebe diese Reihe 🫂

    Bei diesem Buch fand ich das 3. Kapitel am sentimentalsten und das 4. (und letzte) hatte großes Potential, herzzerreißend zu werden, nur leider wurde es (meiner Meinung nach) nicht genutzt… Lowkey glaube ich, dass da noch eins kommen wird wegen Koku & Kazu 🤭

    Jun 20, 2026

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