{"product_id":"9781786071958","title":"Sweet Bean Paste","description":"\u003cp\u003eSentaro has failed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut everything is about to change.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInto his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue's dark secret is revealed,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith devastating consequences.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa's beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JONATHAN BALL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40089196265587,"sku":"9781786071958","price":220.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/sweet-bean-paste9781786071958-137675.jpg?v=1711651904","url":"https:\/\/www.readerswarehouse.shop\/products\/9781786071958","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}