Days At The Morisaki Bookshop

A warm slice of life story that the Japanese seem to know how to do best. There is nothing overly deep here, being a rather slim volume, but it still manages to capture a state of life upheaval and the healing power of both books and family has to set a new life course in the wake of that upheaval. It's the kind of story I gravitate too, so maybe I enjoyed it more than the average person. The characters aren't really fleshed out, but I enjoyed them anyway, especially the uncle. The second 1/2 of the book takes a detour that seems somewhat odd, but it helps to put perspective on the whole, so I didn't mind it. It isn't mind blowing, but just an especially good comfort read.