Some say that objects have a soul. Their existence, so different from that of human beings, guided by use and silence, often marks us in an irreversible way. They accompany us throughout our lives, beautifying our days, reminding us of important moments and people… Sometimes, they are even destined to bring us together despite the distances.
Ángeles Doñate returns to the literary scene after her success with “The last wagon”, (original title: El último vagón) both as a book and on Netflix, where it has reached one of the most-watched films during its first days of release. With her novel “Life in a Teacup” (original title: La vida en una taza de té), she tells the stories of Sakura, Karen, and María, whose lives run on parallel paths. It might seem they have nothing in common, yet their lives are intertwined by a fragile but indestructible thread: the everyday presence of a jade green teapot with streaks of old gold. An object that, far from being insignificant, carries a story woven with the lives of all the hands it passes through.
This is a story that will mark the existence of these three women, accompanying them in both good and bad times, embellishing their steps and helping them fill their lives with emotion. In essence, it gives them the strength they need to reach their destinies, just as the teapot journeys to reach its own.
A tale about meetings and partings, about the coincidences and serendipities of life that end up connecting us to people and moments completely unexpectedly, and about hope that arises in the hardest times.
Who doesn’t have an object they can’t bear to part with? This novel describes that invisible string that binds us to something, and unknowingly connects us to others. Pure magic.
life in a teacup