The Nakano Thrift Shop

<p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Strange Weather in Tokyo</i>, here is a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be lovers. </b><br><br>Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano's thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss - or so it seems to Hitomi, when she takes a job there. And her fellow employees are just as curious as the items they sell. There's the store's owner, Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex-wives; Sakiko, his sensuous, unreadable lover; his sister, Masayo, an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows. And finally there's Hitomi's fellow employee, Takeo, whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds, to her consternation, increasingly disarming. <br><br>A beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends, <i>The Nakano Thrift Shop</i> is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary novelists.<br><br><br><b>'A charming read' <i>Good Housekeeping</i><br>'One for the holiday suitcase' <i>Vogue</i><br></b></p>