More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop By Satoshi Yagisawa

In this charming & emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant & thoughtful portrait of life, love, & how much books & bookstores mean to the people who love them.

Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop & nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru, & the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater & another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author's personal seal.

Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. Characters leave & return, fall in & out of love, & some eventually die. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako’s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making the decision will take uncle & niece on an emotional journey back to their family’s roots & remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighborhood, & a whole culture.