{"product_id":"the-nakano-thrift-shop-by-hiromi-kawakami-9781803513164","title":"The Nakano Thrift Shop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano's thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss—or so it seems to Hitomi, when she takes a job there working behind the till. And her fellow employees are no less curious or weatherworn than the items they sell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere's the store's owner, Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex-wives; Sakiko, his sensuous, unreadable lover; his sister, Masayo, an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows. And finally, there's Hitomi's fellow employee, Takeo, whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds, to her consternation, increasingly disarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/i\u003e is a beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends. It is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341349830892,"sku":"9781803513164","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3145943482830.jpg?v=1772190058","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-nakano-thrift-shop-by-hiromi-kawakami-9781803513164","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}