|author=Ruth Ozeki
|title=A Tale for the Time Being
|rating=Unreviewed4.5|genre=Literary Fiction|summary=WeLiRuth finds a 'Hello Kitty're waiting for bag washed up on the shore of Whaletown, the small Canadian island that she and her husband Oliver call home. As Ruth opens it and begins reading the diary safely protected inside, she learns about Nao, a review teenager in Japan. Through her writing Nao becomes real and the tales of this bookher varied life, struggles at school and fascinating relatives compels Ruth to search for her, or at least to discover her fate.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857867970</amazonuk>
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