Sweet Bean Paste Condition:Very Good Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Her laugh sounds like a donkey's bray rather than tinkling bells

Magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would

-- Gregory McNamee

and the reality of day-to-day life as an exhausted first-time mum or dad

Sweet Bean Paste Condition:Very Good Deng XiaopingSentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. Until, that is, Tokue comes into his life. An elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past, she makes the best sweet bean paste