Loved everything about this. The writing flowed naturally and Furukura was such an interesting character. Over time her realizations were quite alarming, as were those little peeks into the depths of her mind (like how to silence her crying infant nephew).

This book says a lot about how society expects everyone to be and how everyone should not be pigeonholed into certain molds of people.

I would love to read more by this author.

Keiko Furkura has never really fit in anywhere. While attending college she takes a job at a local convenience store. Her family assumes that after she graduates, she’ll move on to a new and exciting career. But 18 years later, Keiko is still working at the same store. Life there is easy, it’s predictable and she doesn’t have to step out of her comfort zone. The fact that she doesn’t have a lot of friends or a boyfriend doesn’t bother her as much as it bothers other people. Then the store gets a new employee, one with “quirks” of his own, and Keiko’s life changes forever. I really liked this quirky little story about happiness vs. society’s expectations, it was a real “feel good” story