{"product_id":"the-healing-hippo-of-hinode-park-michiko-aoyama-9781804996560","title":"The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park (UK edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘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.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNestling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet the neighbours who will reach out to Kabahiko:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKanato presses his head to the hippo's cheek, hoping to recover the stellar marks he once scored;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSawa, a lonely new mother, strokes its mouth, hopes to connect as she once did when she was an award-winning retail assistant;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChiharu, a wedding-planner, hopes to be able to listen for the happiness of others;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYuya avoids sports day with a fake injury, only to find he really is in pain;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edespite Kazuhiko's fading eyes from too much editorial work, he will learn to see life's everyday wonders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA quietly powerful story of hope, friendship and connection, Michiko Aoyama's beloved bestseller is a celebration of everyday encounters. Its subtle portrayal of the magic of community will lodge itself in every reader's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e****************************\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMichiko Aoyama (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47793808474269,"sku":"9781804996560","price":75.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/TheHealingHippoofHinodePark_UKedition__9781804996560_mphbooks.jpg?v=1779347097","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-healing-hippo-of-hinode-park-michiko-aoyama-9781804996560","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}