In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them.
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and bustling life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successful—but all she feels is drained. Haunted by an abandoned dream, she takes a leap of faith and leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a quiet residential neighborhood outside the city and opens the Hyunam-dong Bo…
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa is a heartwarming story about finding solace and rediscovering oneself amidst the stacks of a quaint Tokyo bookshop. The novel follows Takako, a young woman who, after a series of personal setbacks, reluctantly moves into her uncle’s secondhand bookstore in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s book district. Immersed in the quiet charm of the shop and its ecle…