Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
They call the area Jimbocho. It is a neighbourhood in Tokyo that is home to more than 170 bookshops, which makes it the largest book store area in the world. And deep inside Jimbocho there’s a little wooden building where 25-year-old Takako once lived for months at the 2nd floor of her uncle’s bookshop.
Takako never liked reading books, she instead stays there mending a broken heart while struggling to get out of bed most of the time after breaking up with her cheating boyfriend and quitting her job altogether. But then as summer turns to autumn she begins to get to know her eccentric uncle, the regular customers, the people in the neighbourhood coffee shop filled with gossip and friendly banters, and the many books that have become a part of her daily life.
It is a heartwarming novel about a journey of getting lost and self-discovery, with twists revealed slowly as the book progresses, like what happens with her uncle’s wife who abruptly left 5 years ago. It is truly hard to put down once we start reading it, such a beautifully-written book.
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