About the Book: Tsubaki Stationery Store is a heartwarming Japanese novel about community, family, healing and the transformative power of words. After years abroad, Hatoko returns to Kamakura to take over her late grandmother’s stationery shop and revive her childhood role as a public scribe. Writing heartfelt letters of love, condolence, celebration and farewell for local customers, Hatoko gradually becomes part of a close-knit community. As she uncovers secrets surrounding her grandmother, she discovers that being a scribe means understanding people as deeply as the words they cannot express. Set against Japan’s seasons, rituals and traditions, this charming story celebrates connection, forgiveness and the written word.