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What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Name: What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Brand: Transworld Publishers Ltd
SKU: 9781804994139
Price: 24.0 NZD
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By Michiko Aoyama

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The irresistible hardback Times bestseller and bookshop favourite about the healing power of books and community; Time magazine Top 100 books of 2023; 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times. THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year... Read More

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What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Description

The irresistible hardback Times bestseller and bookshop favourite about the healing power of books and community; Time magazine Top 100 books of 2023; 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times.

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?

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'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

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804994139

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)

Contributors:

Translated by Alison Watts

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 188g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

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 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 Recovery Hippo will be published internationally. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.