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📘 The Restaurant Of Love Regained by Ito Ogawa

Returning home from work, Rinko is shocked to find her flat is totally empty. Gone are her TV set, fridge, and above all, her boyfriend. She has no choice but to go back to her native village and her mother, on which she turned her back 10 years ago. There she decides to open a very special restaurant.

First publish date: 2011

Authors: Ito Ogawa

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