Set at a staging post between life and afterlife, this gentle book is exquisitely assembled. Assisted by photographer Mr Hirasaka, three people revisit key moments of their lives, capturing them as photographs. Each moment is glowing with joy and humanity, and so many simple pleasures are evoked - nature, play, mending broken things - that the book itself becomes healing. If you need a sense of hope, this one-sitting read is a balm for the soul.
Finally, he placed the photo paper in a tray and began mixing it with water. He could just make out his own face, looking up at him from the photo.
The sweet potato had somehow ended up outside the frame, but you could see the steam from it, drifting past his smiling face. His eyes were creased, and he looked genuinely delighted to be tucking into something so delicious. He hadn't even known he was capable of a smile like that. Every leaf on the tree behind him seemed to gleam with its own light. The entire leisurely afternoon they'd spent in the part seemed somehow embedded on that one image.
