Bookstore Girls

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Can 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.Aki 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.The 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.Can 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

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Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that spawned a seven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies soldRiko Nishioka is deputy manager of the Pegasus Shobo Kichijoji bookstore. After five years working part-time she\'s finally secured a full-time position at the age of forty. But now she has a nemesis.Aki Kobata, 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.The two are constantly clashing - both at work and over their personal lives. But when Riko is given notice the store will be closing in six month\'s time, they face a stark choice. Can they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their livelihoods or will they go down fighting . . . each other?

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Pagina's: 320, Editie: Eerste editie, Paperback, Quercus Publishing