{"product_id":"9781529446340","title":"Bookstore Girls - Kei Aono; Haydn Trowell (Paperback) 04-06-2026","description":"\u003cp\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  Riko 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.  Aki 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.  The 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.  Can they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their livelihoods or will they go down fighting . . . each other?  Translated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Kei Aono; Haydn Trowell \/ Fiction - Paperback \/ 04-06-2026","offer_id":56824240341372,"sku":"9781529446340","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/2344\/8005\/files\/9781529446340.jpg?v=1780150906","url":"https:\/\/www.ivybridgebookshop.com\/products\/9781529446340","provider":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}