A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets and then embarks on a magical
quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop in this dreamlike and enchanting
fantasy novel. “Endlessly inventive . . . A spellbinding journey into a magical Ghibli-esque
world.”—A. Y. Chao author of Shanghai Immortal On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop but
not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those
who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa
wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked the shop’s most
precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming
stranger quite unlike its other customers for he offers help instead of seeking it. Together
they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way
of rain puddles rides on paper cranes the bridge between midnight and morning and a night
market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth Hana must reveal a secret of her
own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.
