Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781529949766
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2025
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK


Description:
Brand new healing fiction from the 2.5-million-copy bestselling author of What You Are Looking for is in the Library set in a suburban community block



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Readers adore Healing Hippo-

'I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book' *****


'How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly? I imagined myself in this book' *****


'I almost wept on my train home from work' *****


'It gripped my heart. I wish there was a magical hippo near my home' *****


'Whenever I feel hurt, I want to re-read this wonderful book' *****


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'Kabahiko is an amazing hippo. People say that if you touch the area of his body that you want to make better on yours, he'll provide a cure'




Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children's playground, Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community.




Meet the neighbours who will reach out to kabahiko-


-Kanato presses his head to the hippo's cheek, hoping to recover the stellar marks he once scored;


- Sawa, a lonely new mother, strokes its mouth, hopes to connect as she once did when she was an award-winning retail assistant;


- Chiharu, a wedding-planner, hopes to be able to listen for the happiness of others;


- Yuya avoi