Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

A Novel

By: Mizuki Tsujimura

Narrated by: Ami Okumura Jones, Kenichiro Thomson, Hanako Footman

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A suspenseful magical realism novel about a mysterious teenage “go-between” who arranges meetings between the living and the dead, from multimillion-copy Japanese bestselling author Mizuki Tsujimura.

I bring together the living and the departed. I am the go-between.

When a young woman from Tokyo contacts the go-between to request a meeting with a deceased TV star who once helped her, she doesn’t expect a teenage boy to show up. Dressed in a designer duffel coat and carrying a tattered notebook, Ayumi Shibuya offers an extraordinary service: he reunites the living with their dearly departed. Meeting his clients at a luxury hotel, Ayumi lays down the ground rules: each reunion is a one-time arrangement that the dead can refuse, the service is entirely free, and the meeting must take place during a full moon. As Ayumi arranges these reunions, we encounter a resentful eldest son who wants to ask his mother to unearth the deeds to a plot of land, a teenage girl who blames herself for her best friend’s death, and a weary businessman seeking answers about his fiancée’s disappearance days after he proposed.

Already a multimillion-copy bestseller in Japan, Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon is storytelling at its finest. Captivating, cozy, and compulsively readable, this is an unforgettable page-turner in which the living and the dead are given one last chance for closure.

Charming

Pretty good story! Easy read, and a bit sad but not bad. Well written overall.

The fascinating storyline

At first, I found it a little hard to get into the storyline but once I settled in, I was hooked. I really enjoyed how each chapter offered a fresh perspective from different characters, and how those viewpoints gradually wove together into a cohesive, satisfying ending. The pacing grew stronger as the story unfolded, and by the end, I was fully invested.

Heartwarming and thoughtful story

With a touch of magical realism, the author provides us multiple related stories that come together in a superb finish. Extremely thought-provoking and meaningful to everyone who has experienced the death of someone close to them.

The Japanese names to the audio version require a little bit of attention at first, but then it gets easier as the story moves on and the narraters are excellent

I can definitely see why it’s become such an international best seller

Unexpected

This book is beautiful and emotionally charged. It’s perfectly balanced between a cozy, vignette style read, and something more. I didn’t anticipate the impact this book would have, it caused me to reflect on all the words I’ve left unsaid. Could not recommend enough.

Magical Realism at its best

This is a profound story! It touches on grief and how live when those we love most pass on to the next world. But in a ways it gives us hope in a cozy way.