Paperback. What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. But she is no ordinary librarian. Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it. We meet five visitors to the library, each at a different crossroads: - The restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills - The mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave - The conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store - The gifted young manga artist in search of motivation - The recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose Can she help them find what they are looking for? Which book will you recommend? An inspirational tale of the love, comfort and growth you can find in the pages of a good book. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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T�tulo: What You Are Looking for is in the Library (Paperback)
Editor: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2024
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 1804994138
ISBN 13: 9781804994139
Encuadernaci�n: Paperback
Estado: new

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THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL NOVEL

The Top Ten Times bestseller
A Time Magazine Book of the Year
'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times

'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail
'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted' 5***** Reader review
'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries' Irish Times

An inspirational tale of the love, comfort and growth you can find in the pages of a good book.
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What are you looking for?

So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi.

But she is no ordinary librarian.

Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it.

We meet five visitors to the library, each at a different crossroads:

- The restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills
- The mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave
- The conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store
- The gifted young manga artist in search of motivation
- The recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose

Can she help them find what they are looking for?

Which book will you recommend?
_________________

'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times

For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this feel-good Japanese book shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a life.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD

'I definitely want to visit this library. I feel kinder after this book' 5***** Reader review
'A quirky slice of feel-good fiction that you could recommend to anyone' Mail on Sunday
'Wonderful. It made me look for connection in my life' 5***** Reader review

Times bestseller, August 2023

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Michiko Aoyama (Author)
Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. What You are Looking for is in the Library was shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award, was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. It has sold over two and a half million copies and is being published in over thirty territories. Her latest novel to be translated into English, The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park, is also due to be published globally. Other books coming soon in English include Hot Chocolate on Thursday, Matcha on Monday and Talking in a Moonlit Forest. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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