4/25/2023 0 Comments I talked to god in a phoneboxTimelines do bounce around a tad and there are some weird/delightful/insightful tiny chapters woven in but overall, I really enjoyed it. It's such a beautifully written story (if it had of been a hard copy book, I would have highlighted many sentences) and a delight to listen to - narrated by Yuriri Naka. Their story (and others) is about grief, guilt, love, hope, finding peace. She can't bring herself to talk in to the phone but whilst there, she meets Takeshi, a man whose young daughter has stopped speaking after losing her mother. She decides to make the pilgrimage there, urged by her sadness from the loss of her mother and her little girl, both lost in the tsunami that devastated Japan. Yui heard about the 'wind' phone on the radio program she works on. I'd like to think they do, it would be comforting to think you could tell them your thoughts, your dreams, your sadness, your happiness, how much you miss them. I talked to God in a phonebox on my way home. Of course, the phonebox is not connected, it's a 'wind' phone and I guess it's up to the speaker to determine whether the intended listener actually hears you. Minegas world: I talked to God in a phonebox on my way home. Well one exists in Tokyo and this book is inspired by that phonebox. Imagine there's a place where you can pick up a phone and talk to your loved ones that have passed on. The moving and uplifting international best seller, based on an incredible true story.īeautifully written, delightfully narrated What happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breaking. Then she meets Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss. Lijnbaansgracht 312-314 Amsterdam, The Netherlands. But when you have lost everything, the right words can be the hardest thing to find. One day she hears of the phone box and decides to make her own pilgrimage there, to speak once more to the people she loved the most. When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she is plunged into despair and wonders how she will ever carry on. For years, people have travelled to visit the phone box, to pick up the receiver and speak into the wind: to pass their messages to loved ones no longer with us. On a windy hill in Japan, in a garden overlooking the sea stands a disused phone box. We all have something to tell those we have lost. Shortlisted for Audio Performer of the Year at the Audio Production Awards, for performance by Yuriri Naka.
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