On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop has been in her family for three generations.
It is the pride and joy of her uncle Satoru, who has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife Momoko left him five years earlier. When Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above the shop.
Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the Morisaki bookshop. As summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought.
Ohh I really enjoyed this. First thing I did when I finished was google Jimbocho, and wow it’s amazing!! Go and google it, google map it, look at pictures, you will want to move there lol. What a wonderful little book village, filled with second hand book stores, sounds ideal.
How lucky is Takako, living rent free about her uncles Bookshop?! Meeting so many people everyday, I’d love to do that. I loved reading about her, and finding her way around a new place, meeting new people, and potential new love. The trip she takes later in the book was really interesting too, making a trip like that would be really cool.
A lovely book.
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