Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Takako's life went a little off the rails. She finds out the guy she's been dating for over a year is getting married...not to her. She is so humiliated at being the other woman that she quits her job (because of course they also work together). She then takes to her bed and begins sleeping her days away until an unexpected phone call from her uncle. To save on rent and other expenses he invites her to stay in the room above his secondhand bookshop just outside of Tokyo. This tale is short and sweet. It's a great fantasy for all introvert book lovers to hide from your problems in the bookstore.

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