From the author of the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman, a convention-defying and taboo-busting novel, and a radically reimagined vision of sex, family and society.

A young woman, lost and heartbroken. Her eccentric, optimist uncle. His wife, with a mysterious secret. Here, in this ramshackle bookshop in the Jimbocho area of Tokyo, these three people will heal their hearts, find connection and overcome loneliness.