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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman, Kenichiro Thomson, Winson Ting, Shiro Kawai, Susan Momoko-Hingley
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The heartwarming Japanese bestseller for fans of Matt Haig, Fredrik Backman and The Cat Who Saved Books.
'Library. What a nice-sounding word. So comforting. I feel like I'm a student again. Library... Am I allowed to borrow books?'
'What are you looking for?' asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. She is no ordinary librarian. Naturally, she has read every book on her shelf, but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of anyone who walks through her door. Sensing exactly what they're looking for in life, she provides just the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it.
Every borrower in her library is at a different crossroads, from the restless retail assistant - can she ever get out of a dead-end job? - to the juggling new mother who dreams of becoming a magazine editor, and the meticulous accountant who yearns to own an antique store. The surprise book Komachi lends to each will have transformative consequences.
Magical and uplifting, What You Are Looking for Is in the Library is about the wondrousness of libraries and the power of books for change. Highlighting all the tiny comforts of being alive, it is a story that no listener will ever forget.
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- Chrissie Ann
- 27-04-24
Lovely characters
Great stories that may be based in Japan but they could be from any where in the world. So real and so heartwarming.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-04-24
love this book
very interesting little stories, easy to digest. I like how the characters connected and the librarian is so wise!
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- Paul Mason
- 09-04-24
Gentle read
A collection of intertwining stories involving a local library. I guess if you're bored or down on your luck or looking for inspiration. Your library is the place to go!
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- Lubsy1
- 09-09-23
Enjoyable to listen to
I listened to this book on Audible and really enjoyed the stories. The narrations were really good and performed well by the various Readers. They bought the characters of the stories to life with humour and grace. I was pleasantly surprised, after finishing the first story and halfway through the second story, to find there was a link between the two, in previous characters being mentioned and that continued throughout the book. The link between the characters in all the stories is what I liked the best. What attracted me most to this book was its library and book theme and the fact that it was set in Japan. I found the characters in each story charming and the main Librarian in the Library fascinatingly mysterious.
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- pems-integ-tests
- 03-01-24
Inspiring feel good stories
A wonderful collection of stories about different people in Tokyo who all find inspiration at their library. Soothing, and uplifting, the narrators were also brilliant. I enjoyed this book very much.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-24
Unusual and thought provoking.
A gentle but intriguing read, separate chapters which all subtly link. Thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-24
Boring.
I was close to finish it during and after each part, but thought the reviews can’t lie and maybe it’ll get better. It didn’t. The narrator in the first part was really good. All the others were really painful to listen to.
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