{"product_id":"sweet-bean-paste","title":"Sweet Bean Paste","description":"\u003cp\u003eI'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author ofand P.S. I Love YouA charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary JapanSentaro has failed. He has a criminal record,and drinks too much, and his dream of becoming aand writer is just a distant memory. With only theand blossoming of the cherry trees to mark theand passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type ofand pancake filled with sweet bean paste.But everything is about to change.Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly womanand with disfigured hands and a troubled past.and Tokue makes the best sweet bean pasteand Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins toand teach him her craft, but as their friendshipand flourishes, social pressures become impossibleand to escape and Tokue's dark secret is revealed,with devastating consequences.Sweet Bean Pasteand is a moving novel about theand burden of the past and the redemptive powerand of friendship. Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa's beautiful proseand is capturing hearts all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Durian Sukegawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230764527676,"sku":"9781786071958","price":2076.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781786071958.jpg?v=1776780372","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/sweet-bean-paste","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}