Convenience Store Woman

Meet Keiko.
Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years.
Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married.
But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store...

Convenience Store Woman comes in three different colours; the colour you receive will be chosen at random

Set in modern-day Japan, this book follows the adventures of Keiko Furukura, a 36-year-old woman who works in a Convenience Store and takes her job veeery seriously. When she's off-duty, she struggles to conform with a society that wants to see her married and having kids, but she really doesn't feel like it. Better spending her life pricing onigiri and filling up empty shelves for the whole day... and you know what? Why not?!
Sayaka Murata is one of the few Japanese novelists who is able to tell modern-day Japan from a dark, comic, highly entertaining and unexpected angle. If you like this, you HAVE TO read Earthlings, Sayaka Murata's most recent novel.