This month, for our White Swan based book club, we will be reading:

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

• Date: 13th of August 2023
• Time: 6pm – 8pm
• Venue: white Swan, Leeds city centre

There are normal people, and then there is Keiko.

At school and university, people find Keiko odd, and her family worries she will never fit in. To make them happy, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store where she finds peace and purpose in simple daily tasks.

But in Keiko’s circle it just won’t do for an unmarried woman to spend her time stacking shelves and ordering green tea. As the pressure to find a new job – or worse, a husband – increases, Keiko is forced to take desperate action…

A cult hit around the world, Convenience Store Woman is both feminist rallying cry and must-read oddball comedy.

Blurb from Amazon

Apparently it’s a super quick read too!