Water Moon: A Novel by Samantha Sotto Yambao – Hardcover – Contemporary

A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regretsand then embarks on a magical journey when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop in this dream-like and enchanting fantasy novel.

On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen onesthose who are lostwill find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.

Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as its new owner to find the pawnshop ransacked, the shops most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers. For he offers help, instead of seeking it.

Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hanas father and the stolen choicethrough rain puddles, hitching rides on paper cranes, across the bridge between midnight and morning and through a night market in the clouds.

But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her ownand risk making a choice she will never be able to take back.

Story Locale:Tokyo, London, and fantasy world