{"product_id":"9781529446340","title":"Bookstore Girls","description":"\u003cp\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their livelihoods or will they go down fighting . . . each other?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aono, Kei","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58027125801334,"sku":"9781529446340","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9781529446340.jpg?v=1780649977","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529446340","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}