by Sayoshi Yaisawa
This is the story of a young Japanese girl who is distraught when she finds out that the man she thought was her boyfriend announces he is getting married to another woman. She is so upset she quits her job and hides in her apartment.
She goes to visit her uncle who is running a very specialized bookshop. When he finds out her situation he ofers her space in this store so she can save money. She reluctantly decides to move in and gradually starts to help running the shop. She had been a reluctant reader up to that point.
There comfortabe life is disrupted when the man's wife, who had left 10 years before returns to the scene. At first the young woman doesn't like the woman. Then the woman invites her to go on a little trip into the mountains. The girl learns about how her unce and his wife met in Paris and how devastated her aunt was when she lost her baby. She was so depressed she felt she had to leave. The aunt had gone into the mountain and worked at the building she and the aunt visit in the mountains.
The girl strikes up a friendship with a young man she meets at a coffee shop They discuss books. At first the young woman thinks the young man is waiting for her. She is sad to learn he is really hoping to reconnect with his former girlfirend/
The girl tells her uncle the truth about why his wife left. It looks like the couple will be reconciled. We know the young girl leaves the shop.
It was an okay read but left a feeling of unresolved matters.
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