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KAWAKAMI HIROMI THE NAKANO THRIFT SHOP

From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo   here is a story of treasure hoarders
bargain hunters and would-be lovers.    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.    A beguiling story of love found
amid odds and ends  The Nakano Thrift Shop is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from
one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary novelists.  'A charming read' Good Housekeeping 
'One for the holiday suitcase' Vogue

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