Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Takako didn’t know it, but the Morisaki book shop became her happy place. Have you ever surprised yourself by finding a happy place so unexpectedly?

What did you think of the way Takako’s boyfriend ended their relationship?

Takako and her uncle became close, after years of barely knowing each other. How did their individual situations inspire that closeness?

Takako slowly comes to understand that books can be her salvation, her cure for loneliness. Do you have a similar experience of coming to know what books can do for us?

Discuss the relationship between Takako and her uncle’s wife.

There are so many kinds of love portrayed in Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Romantic love, family love, love of literature. How do these different types of love come together in the book? Which is the most passionate?

Do you think Satoru and Momoko will end up together? Do you think they should?

What does the book say about the role of bookstores in Japanese life? How is Morisaki like and unalike bookstores in your area?

What do you think happens AFTER Days at the Morisaki bookshop ends? Where do Takako and her friends and family end up?