memory in objects book ideas

The Umbrella Repairer of Forgotten Rain

A widowed umbrella repairer finds each canopy holds the memory of one unnoticed happy minute. Returning the umbrellas changes a neighborhood, until a customer asks for a memory he has been keeping for himself.

Happiness Comes in Jars

A factory quality inspector opens a jar of manufactured happiness and finds someone else's grief inside. Tracking the mislabeled batch leads her to a cook who believes the world's sadness has been stolen, and that people might want it back.