Author

Publication

2013 - Penguin Random House, New York

Word Count

105,500 words, Guess

Page Count

422 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100143124870
  • ISBN-139780143124870
  • OCLC Control Number866585627
  • Better World Books9780143124870
  • Open LibraryOL28719412M
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Classifications

  • DDC813'.45—dc23
  • LCCPS3565.Z45T35 2013

Description

In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, she plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace. Across the Pacific a novelist living on a remote island discovers artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox and is pulled into Nao's drama and her unknown fate. (Bestseller)

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  • A Tale for the Time Being: A NovelpaperbackPenguin Random House2013-01-01
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