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A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki


  • Canongate (Faber)
  • The Canons
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.

ISBN 9781838856250 | EN | PB
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Publisher Canongate (Faber)
ISBN 9781838856250
Publication date June 2022
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 464
Language(s) English ed.
Exhibition The Canons
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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.