The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park - Michiko Aoyama

**PRE-ORDER THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY**Readers adore Healing Hippo:''I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book'' *****''How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly? I imagined myself in this book'' *****''I almost wept on my train home from work'' *****''It gripped my heart. I wish there was a magical hippo near my home'' *****''Whenever I feel hurt, I want to re-read this wonderful book'' *****______________‘Kabahiko is an amazing hippo. People say that if you touch the area of his body that you want to make better on yours, he’ll provide a cure''Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children''s playground, Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look while its drab paint peels away, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community.Meet the neighbours who will reach out to the hippo:-Kanato presses his head to the hippo''s cheek, hoping in vain to recover the stellar marks he once scored, though he will gain something else instead;- Sawa, a new mother with no friends, strokes its mouth, wishing to be able to communicate as she once did when she was an award-winning retail assistant;- Chiharu, off work as a wedding-planner, rubs the hippo''s ears to help her gain the ability to listen for the happiness of others;- Yuya avoids sports day with a fake injury, only to find he real
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