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But in Keiko's social circle it just won't do for an unmarried woman to spend all her time stacking shelves and re-ordering green tea. She is, she comes to understand, happiest as a convenience store worker.

Here, she finds peace and purpose in the simple, daily tasks and routine interactions. To appease them, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store. At school and university people find her odd and her family worries she'll never be normal. 'Murata's gloriously nutty deadpan prose and even more nuttily likable narrator are irresistible.' - The Observer