Water Moon

Author: Samantha Sotto Yambao Listening Length: 9h 40m

A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel. On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones...

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Chapter Seventeen The Gift

Chapter Seventeen

The Gift

The box of tea patiently sat on the table next to Hana’s bed, waiting for someone to notice it. It was wrapped in a silk cloth Hana had painted the week before. Though it was distorted by knots and folds, Hana recognized her design. A water lily bobbed over the cloth, floating along the edges of a calm pond. Hana untied the silk and let it pool over the table.

“What’s so special about this tea?” Keishin said.

Chapter One The Pawnshop of Almosts and Ifs 08:38
Chapter Two Ishikawa Toshio’s Last Client 18:26
Chapter Three Bus Fare 14:25
Chapter Four Sake and Silence 09:47
Chapter Five The Vault 04:59
Chapter Six Takeda Izumi’s Choice 06:02
Chapter Seven Rule Number Two 06:16
Chapter Eight Lies 03:31
Chapter Nine Heads 13:40
Chapter Ten Tails and Tea Boxes 12:25
Chapter Eleven The God on the Shelf 11:35
Chapter Twelve The Easiest of Experiments 03:26
Chapter Thirteen Whispers and Wax 13:06
Chapter Fourteen Skin and Ink 23:01
Chapter Fifteen Consent 02:48
Chapter Sixteen Payment 06:34
Chapter Seventeen The Gift 06:49
Chapter Eighteen The Truth Well Told 06:38
Chapter Nineteen The Teahouse at Midnight 27:11
Chapter Twenty Trips and Trains 05:11
Chapter Twenty-One The Sky, the Sea, and a Song 12:49
Chapter Twenty-Two Rooms 20:40
Chapter Twenty-Three Sand 08:51
Chapter Twenty-Four The Museum of Education 08:39
Chapter Twenty-Five Paper 11:22
Chapter Twenty-Six The Favor 07:44
Chapter Twenty-Seven Duty and Debt 04:57
Chapter Twenty-Eight Safe. Far. Secret. 05:03
Chapter Twenty-Nine Spicy PorkChicken? 09:50
Chapter Thirty Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth 09:37
Chapter Thirty-One The Message 02:04
Chapter Thirty-Two The Valley of Stars 15:43
Chapter Thirty-Three The Trial and Sentencing of Ishikawa Chiyo 10:16
Chapter Thirty-Four Family 06:31
Chapter Thirty-Five Among the Stars 08:18
Chapter Thirty-Six Tuna Casserole, a Blue Tie, and a Stranger in a Box 03:55
Chapter Thirty-Seven A Punishment to Fit the Crime 06:49
Chapter Thirty-Eight The Lights in the Lake 10:27
Chapter Thirty-Nine An Infestation of Ticks 10:09
Chapter Forty Ghosts 14:14
Chapter Forty-One Endings 04:48
Chapter Forty-Two The Night Market 25:27
Chapter Forty-Three Stall Five Hundred and Ten 05:45
Chapter Forty-Four The Library of the Lost 27:11
Chapter Forty-Five The Third Bottle of Sake 03:46
Chapter Forty-Six The Rumor About a Man Named Minatozaki Keishin 08:38
Chapter Forty-Seven Beneath the Wildflowers 06:31
Chapter Forty-Eight They Looked Like Children 07:06
Chapter Forty-Nine Hide and Seek 07:25
Chapter Fifty A Good Daughter 06:50
Chapter Fifty-One Souls and Skin 06:25
Chapter Fifty-Two A Re 09:11
Chapter Fifty-Three A Bird and a Bus 04:41
Chapter Fifty-Four The Reflection in the Mirror 06:14
Chapter Fifty-Five Hana’s Choice 12:24
Chapter Fifty-Six A Gathering of Cranes 07:20
Chapter Fifty-Seven The Choice Ishikawa Chiyo Stole 05:57
Chapter Fifty-Eight A Choice Named Hana 05:18
Chapter Fifty-Nine A Thousand Water Moons 07:44
Chapter Sixty One Year Later 07:41
Chapter Sixty-One The Last Bowl of Ramen 05:33
Chapter Sixty-Two 05:36

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