What You Are Looking for is in the Library: The uplifting, Japanese fiction multi-million copy bestseller - Softcover

Aoyama, Michiko

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ISBN 10: 1804994138 ISBN 13: 9781804994139

Verlag: Penguin, 2024

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DISCOVER THE TWO-MILLION-COPY UPLIFTING WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT
A top ten Times bestseller

The NEXT read for lovers of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this feel-good story shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a life.

'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail
'A quirky slice of feel-good fiction that you could recommend to anyone' Mail on Sunday
'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries' Irish Times
'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times
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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?
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READERS ADORE THIS BOOK:
'I definitely want to visit this library. I feel kinder after this book' 5***** Reader review
'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted' 5***** Reader review
'Wonderful. It made me look for connection in my life' 5***** Reader review

BOOKSELLERS ADORE THIS BOOK:
'Perfect for anyone who's obsessed with Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Definitely a must-read' *****
'I can wholeheartedly recommend this!' *****

Times bestseller, August 2023. Cover may vary.

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Michiko Aoyama (Author)
Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. After university, she became a reporter for a Japanese newspaper based in Sydney before moving back to Tokyo to work as a magazine editor. 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 two million copies and is being published in over thirty territories. Her new healing fiction title The Recovery Hippo at Hinode Park will be published internationally. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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What are you looking for?

So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. She is no ordinary librarian. Naturally, she has read every book on her shelf, but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of anyone who walks through her door. Sensing exactly what they're looking for in life, she provides just the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it.

Every borrower in her library is at a different crossroads, from the restless retail assistant - can she ever get out of a dead-end job? - to the juggling new mother who dreams of becoming a magazine editor, and the meticulous accountant who yearns to own an antique store. The surprise book Komachi lends to each will change their lives for ever.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1804994138
• ISBN 13: 9781804994139
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Penguin; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/; ; CL MODESTO LAFUENTE 41; Madrid; Madrid; Spanien