![]() ![]() TL DR: TJ Klune has such a knack for writing books that are cosy and feel like warm hugs while also being able to shatter your feelings, and this book delivered all of that in spades! I had some long and loud laughs but it also tore at my feelings and had me ugly crying for… a good chunk of that ending. ![]() Note: The quotes below are taken from an advanced/unfinished copy and are subject to change in the final version. When the Manager, a curious and powerful being, arrives at the tea shop and gives Wallace one week to cross over, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in seven days.īy turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, this absorbing tale of grief and hope is told with TJ Klune’s signature warmth, humor, and extraordinary empathy. With Hugo’s help he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life. Hugo is the tea shop’s owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over.īut Wallace isn’t ready to abandon the life he barely lived. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo. Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Light Fantasy ![]()
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