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The Healing Hippo Of Hinode ParkAuthor: Aoyama, Michiko Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 14 August 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 240 pages 136 x 206 x 28 302g DISCOVER THE BRAND NEW NOVEL BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY**Readers adore Healing Hippo:'I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book' *****'How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly?
Author: Aoyama, Michiko
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 14 August 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 240 pages
136 x 206 x 28 | 302g
DISCOVER THE BRAND NEW NOVEL BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY**Readers adore Healing Hippo:'I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book' *****'How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly? I imagined myself in this book' *****'I almost wept on my train home from work' *****'It gripped my heart. I wish there was a magical hippo near my home' *****'Whenever I feel hurt, I want to re-read this wonderful book' *****Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children's playground, Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community.
Meet the neighbours who will reach out to kabahiko hippo:-Kanato presses his head to the hippo's cheek, hoping to recover the stellar marks he once scored;- Sawa, a lonely new mother, strokes its mouth, hopes to connect as she once did when she was an award-winning retail assistant;- Chiharu, a wedding-planner, hopes to be able to listen for the happiness of others;- Yuya avoids sports day with a fake injury, only to find he really is in pain.
- despite Kazuhiko's fading eyes from too much editorial work, he will learn to see life's everyday wonders.
A quietly powerful story of hope, friendship and connection, Michiko Aoyama's beloved bestseller is a celebration of everyday encounters. Its subtle portrayal of the magic of community will lodge itself in every reader's heart.
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