[Coming-of-age, Romance, Existential, Japan]
Seiji and Aoi have been inseparable childhood friends and eventually, high school sweethearts. Believing in naive dreams and love, all seems well until a tragedy separates them with a chasm of frozen time. As one struggles with the aftermath, the world moves on, while the other remains still.
Battered by temptation and the pressure to grow up, he discovers that life is more complicated than he thought - and that the heart and mind is quite vulnerable to change. Secondhand Memories is an emotional young adult coming-of-age story: a journey about the meaning of growing up, love, loss and sacrifice.
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Originally serialized online in 2008 (Textnovel), Secondhand Memories pioneered the Japanese cell phone novel phenomenon in the English-speaking world, marking a moment in history of a new literary movement among thousands of young writers and readers globally. The remarkably unique fusion of simple haiku-like poetic technique and prose narrative has re-envisioned technology, youth culture, community and literature. This is the Wattpad version of the first draft, where each chapter is originally on separate pages, it is now compiled together for technical reasons.
The pioneer English cell phone novel from 2008 is finally published in print and released as a beautiful 6" x 9" 558 page book with stunning illustrations, interior formatting and graphic design on Valentine's Day 2015 by Sakura Publishing, eagerly anticipated by fans and fellow cell phone novelists as a keepsake, fond memories, collector's item and inspirational reading pleasure. Order online via Amazon, Sakura Publishing, and more locations coming soon.
More info, links, products, events and previews:
http://secondhandmemories.net
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From the early writing days of the featured award-winning author of visionary literary novel, "Espresso Love".
Yuki Amamiya, 29, is the flawless ice queen of the office - commanding respect with every step, every word precise and sharp. She's beautiful, brilliant, and utterly untouchable. But beneath that cold exterior lies a secret: she's a tsundere with a yandere streak, hopelessly flustered and heart-racing whenever her shy colleague Souta Fukuda crosses her path.
At 33, Souta feels like the odd one out in his dazzling family. His younger brother is a model, his sister a rising actress, and his parents are the very definition of "couple goals" on social media - all successful, all married. Meanwhile, Souta remains the plain face, the eternal bachelor, resigned to a life alone after years of comparing himself to their shining light.
Then, everything changes. When his best friend and coworker Kenji suddenly bails on a marriage meeting, Souta is roped into going in his place. What he doesn't realize is that it's all a family scheme - they're convinced Souta is "running out of time" and needs a little push toward love.
But what no one expected is that the icy boss he secretly admires - the one who's quietly loved him from afar - will be the person he meets in this unexpected, tangled game of hearts.