“I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have over ten thousand books in my vast memory bank, and I'll recommend the perfect one for you.”
Nanako Hanada is a passionate book lover who manages the Village Vanguard, an iconically eccentric bookstore in Tokyo. But her story takes a turn with the breakdown of her marriage. Spending her nights alone in Tokyo's four-hour capsules, she’s finding herself rather isolated. That's until Nanako finds the meet-up site Perfect Strangers.
Perfect Strangers isn’t a dating site—it’s where people meet for thirty-minute bursts to find friendship or romance, build a network, or just share ideas. She sets up her profile promising to recommend people “the book that will change their life.” In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of people, a ragtag range of strangers who happen to believe in the power of a great book. Soon she discovers that she can connect with just about anyone, and bustling Tokyo begins to feel like a welcoming—if a bit quirky—small town.
Written with comforting humor and populated by a delightful cast of Tokyo-ites, The Bookshop Woman is a soul-stirring book about a bookseller's self-discovery. Here she shares what every bookseller knows: Books can be joyful paths toward meaningful connections.
As a book lover, I love to recommend books to people. I just think this book sounds wonderful! I want to read about the people Nanako meets and the books she recommends! Do I feel a hint of Theo of Golden, with Nanako meeting hundreds of people with a common connection? A slim book of 224 pages, this is on my wishlist! P.S. The book is about 6 x 9 in size, which sounds like a great book to gift to a fellow book lover.
The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada will be published by Tiny Reparations Books this Tuesday, Sept. 15th!
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