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Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman

Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world. So when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they are delighted for her. However, 18 years later, at age 36, she is still in the same job, has never had a boyfriend, and has only a few friends. She feels comfortable in her life, but is aware that she is not living up to society’s expectations and causing her family to worry about her.

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Week of September 16, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of September 16th include WINTER IN PARADISE, the opening installment in Elin Hilderbrand’s Paradise series, which is set in the Caribbean on the stunning beaches of St. John; Maxwell King's THE GOOD NEIGHBOR, the first full-length biography of children’s television pioneer and American cultural icon Fred Rogers, which traces his personal, professional and artistic life through decades of work; Paula Daly's OPEN YOUR EYES, a psychological thriller that follows a bestselling crime novelist’s tragic turn from fictional perpetrator into real-life victim; and CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN by Sayaka Murata, the incomparable story of Keiko Furukura, a 36-year-old Tokyo resident who has been working at the Hiiromachi “Smile Mart” for the past 18 years --- but those close to her pressure her to find a husband and a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action.

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