{"product_id":"bookstore-girls","title":"Bookstore Girls","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529446333\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies sold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged forty, a respected figure in the Japanese publishing industry. But she has a nemesis.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAki Kitamura, twenty-seven, has waltzed in as a full-time employee thanks to her family connections. A free spirit with a rebellious streak and a silver spoon in her mouth, she's anything but a team player.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two are always clashing - both at work and over their personal lives. But when Riko is given notice that the store will be closing in six months' time, they face a stark choice.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their livelihoods or will they go down fighting . . . each other?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41506981707909,"sku":"PR395553","price":41.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNWYKHEB4ERU.jpg?v=1769653434","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/bookstore-girls","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}