2024 the best telephone in the world review
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We all have something to tell those we have lost.
On a windy hill in Japan, in a garden overlooking the sea stands a disused phone box. 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.
When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she is plunged into despair and wonders how she will ever carry on. 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. But when you have lost everything, the right words can be the hardest thing to find.
Then she meets Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss. What happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breaking.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Manilla Press; 1st edition (March 4, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 1786580411
ISBN-13 : 978-1786580412
Item Weight : 10.5 ounces
Dimensions : 5.08 x 1.02 x 7.8 inches
Reviewer: ktbelle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Daughter LOVES this book!
Review: My 14 year old daughter requested this and is raving about the book!
Reviewer: Zoe (whatsbetterthanbooks)
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Poignant, absorbing, and thoughtful!â£
Review: ðð¡ð ðð¡ð¨ð§ð ðð¨ð¨ðð¡ ðð ðð¡ð ððð ð ð¨ð ðð¡ð ðªð¨ð«ð¥ð is a reflective, moving novel set in Japan following the 2011 tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people that sweeps you away to Whale Mountain where flowers bloom, and a solitary, disconnected phone booth sits day after day waiting for those who are filled with sorrow to come and have their voices carried by the wind to those they have lost forever.â£â£The prose is eloquent and clear. The characters are vulnerable, devastated, and brave. And the plot is a compelling blend of life, loss, grief, friendship, heartbreak, parenthood, and survival. â£â£Overall, ðð¡ð ðð¡ð¨ð§ð ðð¨ð¨ðð¡ ðð ðð¡ð ððð ð ð¨ð ðð¡ð ðªð¨ð«ð¥ð is a compassionate, heartrending, hopeful tale by Messina inspired by true-life events that does a lovely job of reminding us how crippling grief can be, how powerfully love can heal, and is, ultimately, a book that needs to be read to appreciate just how beautifully written and memorable it truly is.â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£â£
Reviewer: D'vo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful story about dealing with loss and moving on.
Review: Firstly the phone box and the phone booth are the same exact thing just the part of the world you happen to come from.Yui is struggling to deal with the loss of her family after a national disaster. Her thoughts feelings and ideas all relate to her time spent in a shelter as a survivor. She focuses heavily on the other survivors and she is stuck in survival mode. When she learns of the phone box / booth at the end of edge of the world. She decides to see if it is a way that she can communicate and make peace with her loss and move on with her life. She meets a vast array of characters all at different stages of moving on and their grief and loss due to tragedy and other situations that have happened in their lives. She meets one man in particular who she develops a relationship with and his daughter and as she moves on she then grows in life and starts living her real life again and not dwelling on the past.The narrative offers that anybody can build a shrine to family and go to it and remember family and continue to use life. They need not go to a destination but in this book it is a real place and it is a very helpful device for these characters to use.I did not find the book to be at all sad although it was definitely emotional. it ends up being very fun and light-hearted as she develops relationship with the new characters and the world around her starts to live again. very rewarding and satisfying.
Reviewer: Karen L Beneke
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very good condition
Review: I wasn't one of my favorite books, but I read it for book club.
Reviewer: scarlett1125
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Reminds me of Elegance of the Hedgehog
Review: Reminds me of Elegance of the Hedgehog
Reviewer: LBrad
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very emotive
Review: A very emotive read. For me the characters were probably the most powerful element of the book, they had such depth, and a quality that had you routing for them from the start; ever hopeful that they would find their new HEA, and a sense of peace.This book was different to my normal read. I really enjoyed the authors writing style, the additions of music, recipes etc. really sets the book apart from others.Overall a lovely, well written book.
Reviewer: Caroline D. Latta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great novel
Review: Arrived fine
Reviewer: Sunshine
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
Review: This book is the reason why I joined a book club!! I would never have decided to read it off my own back.What a beautiful, beautiful book. It is based on a true story of a phone box in the small town of Otsuchi in northern Japan, an area that was devastated by the tsunami. People travel too to talk to loved ones they have lost. The phone isn't connected to anything, but people believe their words are carried by the wind to their loved ones and it provides a great deal of comfort to so many.The book follows Yui, a woman who lost her daughter and mother in the tsunami who becomes a regular visitor to the phone box and there she meets Takeshi, a man who not long ago lost his wife.This is a story of love, loss and overwhelming grief but also has hope. It was so emotional but lovely.Added NoteThis book was also on audible in the library, so I listened to it as well. The narratorâs voice was beautiful, and I enjoyed listening just as much as readingâ¦â¦if not more. Absolutely wonderful.
Reviewer: Vera Calmer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A beautiful novel. Bought it to cope with the grief after losing my mother in March 2023. The writing has a calm, quiet and sensitive vibe while exploring the grief journey with sadness, love and memories.
Reviewer: Ree Gillett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The Phone at the Edge of the World was beautifully written and shared many of the thoughts and feelings that we experience when dealing with tragedy. I am grateful to the author for her bravery to write about the these experiences.
Reviewer: Mayank Pundir
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: Fast Debbie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a lovely book which almost brought me to tears at times. Though it is fiction it is based on a true place. The story is a bit confusing at times, but no essential details are involved. The descriptions of peoples' emotions and thoughts are beautifully expressed, as are the depictions of the physical environments.Although it is fairly light reading, quite a lot of its content leaves you with ideas to contemplate long after you've read it.
Reviewer: enjalika
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The book with no plot twists . It's a book which talks about grief and how to overcome it by allowing good things ( or people) to enter in your life . Although it's about the tragic incident of 2011 Japan Tsunami still somehowit is heartwarming story .Overall it was a good read