Overview
On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.
While the 1970s transform Japan, her uncle''s magnificent colonial mansion is a place out of time; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pet pygmy hippo. Equally beguiling are Tomoko’s relatives, especially her cousin Mina. Their growing friendship draws her into an intoxicating world – one full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.
Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina’s Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.
''Beguiling'' New Yorker
‘Beautifully composed’ Financial Times
‘Effervescent’ New York Times Book Review
‘Transfixing’ Time
''I read Mina’s Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end'' Ruth Ozeki
- | Author: Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: Aug 07, 2025
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language: eng
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781529933536
- | ISBN-10: 1529933536
