The Bookshop Woman: A book about books about books
Nanako Hanada
Jun 2024 · Brazen · Narrated by Yuriri Naka
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I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand books, and I'll recommend the perfect one for you.
80,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPAN
If Convenience Store Woman were real and set in a small bookshop
This is a love story. A love story about books.
Nanako Hanada's life has hit rock bottom. She's separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafés in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric bookstore are dwindling.
That's when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they'll never see again. Styling herself as TheSexyBookseller, she recommends her matches 'the book that will change their life.' In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers - and some of them want more than just a book...
Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.
'An irresistible treat for all bibliophiles' WATERSTONES
'Very beautiful, very honest and very good' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'If you like books, you'll love this one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I'm all for books that lead you to more books' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
80,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPAN
If Convenience Store Woman were real and set in a small bookshop
This is a love story. A love story about books.
Nanako Hanada's life has hit rock bottom. She's separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafés in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric bookstore are dwindling.
That's when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they'll never see again. Styling herself as TheSexyBookseller, she recommends her matches 'the book that will change their life.' In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers - and some of them want more than just a book...
Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.
'An irresistible treat for all bibliophiles' WATERSTONES
'Very beautiful, very honest and very good' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'If you like books, you'll love this one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I'm all for books that lead you to more books' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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About the author
NANAKO HANADA is a bookseller in Tokyo. Her first book, The Bookshop Woman, was an unexpected 80,000-copy bestseller, and has since been adapted into a TV drama. The royalties allowed Nanako to open her own bookshop called Kani Books.
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