Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono Direct From Author Maria Griffiths is almost thirty

Maria Griffiths is almost thirty and works at a used bookstore in New York City while trying to stay true to her punk values

he takes refuge at his family’s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo

the playground to the Olympics

BABY DON’T HURT ME” plays over and over in her ears

Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono Direct From Author Maria Griffiths is almost thirtyCan two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The exciting Japanese bestseller is now available in America for the first time. 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