Program Type:
Books and ReadingAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
This adults-only group reads new, popular, and edgy titles at different restaurant locations in the community. Books with Bite meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm--refer to our monthly calendar for meeting sites.
Book Pick: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Meeting Place: Riverside Cafe in Derby
Goodreads Synopsis:
Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction―many are laid out line by line in the store’s manual―and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal” person excellently, more or less. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action…
A brilliant depiction of a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures we all feel to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.
