The second charming and quirky volume in the internationally bestselling series by award-winning Japanese author Sonoko Machida Welcome to Tenderness. Our doors are always open. Having a bad day? Visit the Tenderness convenience store in Mojiko, Kitakyushu.A sweet treat to lift your spirits.A quiet place to talk over a warm meal.A kind word when you need it most.The sound of the sea in the distance.You'll always find more than you imagined possible here...Returning to the bestselling series that sold a million copies, Meet Me at the Convenience Store by the Seafollows the customers and employees of a beloved 24/7 convenience store in Japan. About the Author Sonoko Machida is an award-winning Japanese author, born in 1980 in Fukuoka Prefecture. In 2016, she won the Onna ni yoru onna no tame no R-18 bungakusho (By Women for Women R-18 Literature Prize) for Kamerun no aoi sakana (Blue Fish of Cameroon). Her masterpiece 52 herutsu no kujira-tachi (The 52-Hertz Whales), won the 2021 Japanese Booksellers' Award and became a bestseller with about half a million copies sold in Japan. Her two following novels, Hoshi wo sukuu (Scooping Up the Stars) and Sora gohan (Sora's Recipes), were both nominated for the award in consecutive years.
