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The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park

By: Michiko Aoyama, Takami Nieda - translation
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Brought to you Penguin.

For lovers of Moo Deng and
Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Discover the enchanting new feelgood novel where five overlapping lives seek comfort from a magical hippo ride:


Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block in the community of Advance Hill is the children's playground, Hinode Park, where you will find a very special hippo ride. According to urban legend, if you touch it with the area of your body that needs comfort, you will see swift signs of recovery.

Meet a couple of the neighbours who use the hippo ride, from a highschool student to an eighty-year-old cleaning lady:
-Kanato lays his head on the hippo's back, hoping to recover the confidence he lost when he started at his scary new school;
- Saha, a new mother with no friends, strokes its mouth, in case she can bring back the words she spoke when she was an award-winning retail assistant;

Three more neighbours will come to the magical hippo for help, as they discover how to resolve emotional pain for themselves, if their heart is open and their minds are at peace, in this deeply moving celebration of kindness, community and understanding.

© Michiko Aoyama 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Animals Fantasy Friendship Genre Fiction Magical Realism World Literature
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