{"product_id":"the-ex-boyfriends-favourite-recipe-funeral-committee-a-magical-soul-nourishing-comfort-read-for-anyone-who-has-loved-and-lost-and-loved-again","title":"The Ex-Boyfriend's Favourite Recipe Funeral Committee: A magical, soul-nourishing comfort read for anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Touching, funny, and beautiful, Kawashiro has a wonderful gift for bringing the reader into the story' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat ingredients do you need to cure a broken heart? This soul-nourishing comfort read is for anyone who has loved and lost - and wants to love again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eButter, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, What You Are Looking For Is In The Library, I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore The Coffee Gets Cold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMomoko thought her boyfriend was her soulmate. She believed he was going to propose. Instead, he broke things off at a love hotel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo she does what many broken-hearted people do - she gets incredibly drunk. So drunk that she passes out in a nearly empty cafe. When she wakes, she pours her heart out to Iori, the curious and impossibly handsome manager and Hozumi, a Buddhist monk in training and cafe regular. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Momoko describes how her ex loved her cooking, the manager decides to allow her to slip into the kitchen and cook up his favourite dish: a delicious butter chicken curry. Momoko realizes that this combination of cooking and sharing has stopped the flow of her constant tears. And the manager has a brilliant idea: what if they started doing this regularly, inviting customers to share stories about heartbreak while cooking dishes that held significance in their relationships? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so, an unconventional therapy group, the 'Ex-Boyfriend's Favourite Recipe Funeral Committee' is born . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 304 pages | Published October 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63770618265949,"sku":"9781398544086","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781398544086.jpg?v=1773018051","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-ex-boyfriends-favourite-recipe-funeral-committee-a-magical-soul-nourishing-comfort-read-for-anyone-who-has-loved-and-lost-and-loved-again","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}