In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at
the Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life
love and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the
beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko More
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako her uncle Satoru and
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 and 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 and return fall in and out of love and 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 and niece on an emotional
journey back to their family’s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an
individual a neighborhood and a whole culture.
