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020			_a9780063278677
040			_cHSLRC
050			_aFIC _bY375da 2023
100			_aYagisawa, Satoshi, _d1977- _eauthor. _960257
245			_aDays at the Morisaki Bookshop ; _ba novel / _cSatoshi Yagisawa ; translated by Eric Ozawa.
250			_aFirst U.S. Edition.
260			_aNew York : _bHarper Perennial, _c2023.
300			_a147 pages : _billusrations ; _c21 cm
520			_aTwenty-five-year-old Tanako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence, until the day of her boyfriend, Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he's been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly. Takako's life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a secondhand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo's famous book district. Takako once looked down on Satoru's life; now she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is supposed to be temporary until she can get back on her feet. But in the months which follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for books, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who's going through his own messy breakup. But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they've gained in the bookshop.
546			_aTranslated from the Japanese.
650			_aBookstores _vFiction. _960258
650			_aBooksellers _vFiction. _960259
650			_aBooks and reading _vFiction. _960260
655			_aDomestic fiction. _960261
700			_aOzawa, Eric, _etranslator. _960262
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999			_c98646 _d98646