Before the coffee gets cold + before your memory fades (

There is a café in Tokyo that has been selling expertly prepared coffee for more than a century, hidden away in a little back lane. But this coffee shop gives its patrons a one-of-a-kind opportunity: the chance to go back in time. We meet four visitors in Before the Coffee Gets Cold, each of whom wants to take advantage of the café's time-traveling offer in order to: confront the man who left them; receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's; see their sister for the last time; and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. Before Your Memory Fades: There is a café in Tokyo that has been selling expertly prepared coffee for more than a century, hidden away in a little back lane. But this coffee shop gives its patrons a one-of-a-kind opportunity: the chance to go back in time. Another tale of four new customers, each wanting to benefit from Café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer, is presented by the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe. Along with some well-known characters from Kawaguchi's earlier books, readers will meet a daughter, a comedian, a sister, and a lover, all of whom regret something they said.