{"product_id":"bookstore-girls-paperback","title":"Bookstore Girls (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan two very different women put aside their differences\nto save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a\nseven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies sold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRiko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in\nKichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged\nforty, a respected figure in the Japanese publishing industry. But she has a\nnemesis.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAki Kitamura, twenty-seven, has waltzed in as a full-time employee thanks to\nher family connections. A free spirit with a rebellious streak and a silver\nspoon in her mouth, she's anything but a team player.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe two are always clashing - both at work and over their personal lives. But\nwhen Riko is given notice that the store will be closing in six months' time,\nthey face a stark choice.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCan they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their\nlivelihoods or will they go down fighting . . . each other?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKei Aono\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1959 in Nagoya, Japan and\nstudied at Tokyo Art university. After starting her career at an anime\nmagazine, she worked as an editor at a publishing company. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2006 she made her fiction debut with \u003ci\u003eThe Reason I\nWon't Quit,\u003c\/i\u003e and in 2014 \u003ci\u003eBookstore Girls \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Grand\nPrize in the \"Book I want made into a movie\" category at the Shizuoka\nBookstore Awards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt went on to be adapted for television, sell 200,000 copies\nand lay the ground for six sequels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274698514639,"sku":"9781529446340","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_178ef8a2-0cc2-4051-b046-522d4046c0bd.jpg?v=1781574693","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/bookstore-girls-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}