NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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 fantasy novel. “Race through a lush world of pure wonder and romance—kites made of
wishes that become stars origami that holds time in its folds and a night market in the
clouds—in this lovely cozy fantasy reminiscent of Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea .”—
Booklist (starred review) 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. “Highly recommended . . . Readers
who have been swept up in the cozy charm of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
and The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee will fall hard for the mix of magical
realism fantasy mystery and star-crossed romance.”— Library Journal (starred review)
