Sweet Bean Paste Sarah Penner As the decades pass

As the decades pass

That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite social media app

Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple

and everything they hold dear

the second novel from the author of the The Night Circus

Sweet Bean Paste Sarah Penner As the decades passSentaro 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