{"product_id":"9781529446340-bookstore-girls","title":"Bookstore Girls","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-books series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies sold. Enemies to friends set in the cut-throat Tokyo publishing scene\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585166618998,"sku":"9781529446340","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37710442_4513cf3b-8ba0-4bef-9d70-6cee9d087573.jpg?v=1762421362","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529446340-bookstore-girls","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}