{"product_id":"the-woman-the-boy-and-sonoko-machida-9798217186549","title":"The Woman, the Boy, and the Whale","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE MILLION-COPY JAPANESE BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD\u003cbr\u003eMADE INTO AN AWARD-NOMINATED FILM \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A love letter to those who've always felt out of step with the world.\" --Mikki Brammer, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Regrets of Clover\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deeply moving story about the unexpected bond between a woman who has fled her hard Tokyo life for a seaside village and a young boy who cannot speak. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kiko escapes her grim life in Tokyo for a rural village by the sea, the locals can't help but question her intentions. Rumors start to fly and wariness spreads. Except nothing can be more painful than where Kiko came from. Then, one day, Kiko stumbles across a boy who cannot speak. He's shy and timid, a little wary himself. But when Kiko shares with him the tale of the 52-hertz whale--a creature whose voice rings through the vastness of the sea, but who cannot be heard, no matter how loud it sings--the boy lets her in on his own story, revealing the moment that he stopped singing and launching them on a journey to reclaim the boy's voice--and in the process, recover what it means to be heard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevastatingly tender and filled to the brim with humanity, The Woman, The Boy, and The Whale is a nuanced, heartfelt story of hope, survival, and the life-changing force of connection, and the incredible masterpiece that launched Sonoko Machida as an internationally bestselling author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonoko Machida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217186549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sonoko Machida","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874722984191,"sku":"9798217186549","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-woman-the-boy-and-sonoko-machida-9798217186549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}