The Healing hippo of Hinode Park Author:Michiko Aoyama and that told the story

and that told the story of the palaeolithic people that had once called this place home

What a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward

It is a book that will open hearts

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

It is covered in decorative paper that is now frayed and tattered

The Healing hippo of Hinode Park Author:Michiko Aoyama and that told the storyIf you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community. Meet the neighbours who will reach out to kabahiko: Kanato presses his head to the hippo's cheek, hoping to recover the stellar marks he once scored; Sawa, a lonely new mother, strokes its mouth, hopes to connect as she once did when she was an award winning retail assistant;