The Phone Box At The Edge Of The World

Laura Imai Messina, Manilla Press, £12.99 Reeling after the 2011 tsunami in Japan, mourners journey to a disconnected phone box in a garden to speak to loved ones lost. Grieving are Yui, whose daughter and mother died in the tsunami, and Takeshi, who lost his wife.

The pair are slowly and delicately drawn together by their fascination with Bell Gardia, the mysterious garden perched on a hill, battered by the wind.