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What You Are Looking For is in the Library

ISBN 
9780857529121
Format 
Trade Paperback
Recommended Price 
R355.00
Published 
September 2023
About the book: 
THE BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL
For fans of  The Midnight Library  and  Before the Coffee Gets Cold,  this soul-stirring Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can help us fulfil our dreams.
 
In this uplifting book, we meet five of Sayuri's customers, each at a different crossroads:
 
- the restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills
- the mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave
- the conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store
- the gifted young manga artist in search of motivation
- the recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose
 
Can she help them find what they are looking for?
 
What You Are Looking For is in the Library  s about the magic of community libraries and the discovery of connection. Already loved by thousands of readers all over the world, this inspirational tale shows how, by listening to our hearts, seizing opportunity and reaching out, we too can fulfil our long-held dreams.
 
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About the Author

Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. After university, she became a reporter for a Japanese newspaper based in Sydney before moving back to Tokyo to work as a magazine editor.  What You are Looking for is in the Library  was shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award and became a Japanese bestseller. It is being translated into more than twenty languages. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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