Morisaki Bookshop

The days spent at the Morisaki bookstore will forever be etched in my memory. Because that's where I started to live, to really live. Without this interlude, my life would have been much less colorful, much more monotonous, much sadder. A precious, unforgettable place. That's what the Morisaki bookstore is to me.

Takako is heartbroken when Hideaki, the man she loves, announces his engagement. Devastated, the young woman can no longer bear to see him at work and resigns. Takako has a hard time getting back on her feet... until the day she receives a call from her uncle Satoru, whom she hasn't seen in many years. The man, a little eccentric, runs an old second-hand bookstore in Jinbōchō, Tokyo's booksellers' district. He offers her to come and help him, and even to move into the first floor of the shop. Finally seeing a brighter future, Takako accepts and discovers among all these books a new language that was previously unknown to her...

Translated into over twenty languages, The Morisaki Bookshop has captivated nearly a million readers worldwide.

"From the very first sentences, the reader is charmed by Yagisawa's whimsical yet tender writing. A delight!" Publishers Weekly