Convenience Store Woman: A Novel by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori Barbara F. Walter you should probably just forget

you should probably just forget I told you

this “tense dystopian thriller” (TIME) captures an urgent and unflinching portrayal of a woman’s fight for her family’s security in a world shaped by global warming and rapid technological progress

Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair

In the face of their perilous new reality

a “traditional” Instagram influencer with millions of followers who salivate over her perfect life on her ranch with her five children and handsome husband

Convenience Store Woman: A Novel by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori Barbara F. Walter you should probably just forgetShortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award Longlisted for the Believer Book Award Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation A Los Angeles Times Bestseller The English language debut of an exciting young voice in international fiction, selling 660,000 copies in Japan alone, Convenience Store Woman is a bewitching portrayal of contemporary Japan through the eyes of a single woman who fits into the rigidity of its work culture only