{"product_id":"9781529446340","title":"Bookstore Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Aono, Kei | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 04\/06\/2026 by Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 22mm | 226g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies soldRiko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged forty, a respected figure in the Japanese publishing industry. But she has a nemesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAki Kitamura, twenty-seven, has waltzed in as a full-time employee thanks to her family connections. A free spirit with a rebellious streak and a silver spoon in her mouth, she's anything but a team player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two are always clashing - both at work and over their personal lives. But when Riko is given notice that the store will be closing in six months' time, they face a stark choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their livelihoods or will they go down fighting . . . each other?Translated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57148176466295,"sku":"9781529446340","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781529446340.jpg?v=1780563845","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529446340","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}