A Tale for the Time Being

Name: A Tale for the Time Being
ISBN: 9781838856250

Ruth Ozeki

2013·422 pages·young adult

Fantasy Literary Fiction

bittersweet dreamy dual timeline family dynamics fish out of water historical mystery

Booker Prize (2013) · Nominee

In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home in British Columbia. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes, heartbreak and dreams of a young girl desperate for someone to understand her. Each turn of the page pulls Ruth deeper into the mystery of Nao's life, and forever changes her in a way neither could foresee. Weaving across continents and decades, A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and the search for home.

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