There Is a Kind of Healing, Called Ogawa Ito: Each Part Is Fresh and Beautiful (All Five Volumes)

This set contains a total of 5 volumes, a collection of works by Japanese warm-hearted writer Ogawa Ito. They are "Going Out to Buy Eggs", "Snail Canteen", "Snack Day at the Lion's House", "Camellia Stationery Shop" and "Sparkling Life" "Going Out to Buy Eggs": As time goes by, the seasons change, and some life experiences leave traces in the days. Have those deep or shallow feelings, as well as the whispers about the world, been properly placed? Ogawa Ito's collection of prose essays records life experiences throughout the year. "Snail Canteen": Lunzi, a girl working hard in the city, came home from get off work one day and found that her many years of savings and belongings had been swept away by her Indian boyfriend. The sudden huge blow caused Renzi to lose the ability to speak for a while. With no one to rely on, she had no choice but to return to the countryside where she was born, seek refuge with her mother, open a small canteen, and silently do the only thing she is good at: cooking. She named it "Snail Canteen". Every day, Renzi stays in this "volute", relying on his love and sincerity for cooking, and after minimal communication with the guests, he creates dishes that suit their mood and are full of energy. As if by magic, every guest who has come here: a man who was abandoned by his wife, a young girl who hopes to be with the boy she has a crush on, a young wife who longs to meet her lover in her dream, and an anorexic rabbit, all have quietly had some changes in their lives. And Lunzi's own heart knot is slowly opening up. "Snack Day at the Lion House": 33-year-old Umino Shizuku suffers from a serious illness that is absolutely incurable. Shizuku didn't even tell her father, the only relative in the world, so she took a few necessary items and chose the Lion House, a sanatorium on Lemon Island in the Seto Inland Sea, as her last residence. Every Sunday is snack day at the Lion House. Everyone living here can propose the snacks they want to eat in the last moments of their lives. Only Shizuku has not made a choice. Bean curds, coriander, apple pie, peony cake, every snack is connected with a precious memory. Finally, Shizuku finally plucked up the courage to write "thousand-layer crepe", which was the first dessert she made for her father and the first birthday gift she gave to him. "Camacha Stationery Store": In Kamakura, there is a stationery store that helps people write for others. Each generation of store owners are women. They will accept any entrustment, even if it is a restaurant menu. Unknowingly, Hatoko Amamiya became the 11th generation successor. The misunderstanding with her grandmother and the fear of starting to live alone in the world made her full of confusion. Letters of condolence to deceased pets, announcement letters announcing divorce, rejection letters refusing to lend money, breakup letters to close friends... Ghostwritten letters are the realistic life of the guests and are also lessons in life. "Sparkling Life": Hatoko Amamiya inherited the Shancha Stationery Store as the eleventh generation, delivering the unspeakable words hidden in the heart to customers. Letters written by an invisible boy to his mother, letters written by a deceased husband to his wife, letters written by parents who lost their young son to relatives and friends... Hatoko always uses the most complicated but also most sincere way to help guests solve their doubts.