{"product_id":"treats-from-the-osaka-bakery-paperback","title":"Treats from the Osaka Bakery (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKoharu Ichikura loves working part-time at Nostimo, a busy\nindependent bakery in Osaka. As a broke university student, getting to take\nhome anything that hasn't sold by the end of the day is incredible. Could\nanything be better than a freezer full of croissants, choco cornets, curry\nbread and cinnamon rolls?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSecretly, Koharu dreams of making it big as a manga artist.\nFor now, she spends her days working at Nostimo shaping dough, neatly arranging\nbaked goods on the shop floor... and solving all manner of everyday mysteries.\nThe stakes are never high, but Koharu has sharper eyes than most, and a love\nfor piecing together clues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEveryone at Nostimo has their secrets, from the employees to\nthe customers. And Koharu is determined to unravel them all, one delicious item\nat a time...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA huge instant bestseller, \u003ci\u003eTreats from the Osaka\nBakery \u003c\/i\u003eis the award-winning debut from Usagi Tsuchiya that has sold over\nthree hundred thousand copies in Japan. It has been translated into English by\nGeoffrey Trousselot, who is best known for the Before the Coffee Gets Cold\nseries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsagi Tsuchiya\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Osaka and grew up in\nTokyo. She was studying at Osaka University’s Faculty of Engineering but, since\ndropping out, works as a manga assistant and artist. Her manga projects have\nplaced runner up for the Shueisha Akatsuka Award and been a prize winner at the\nIchijinsha Yurihime Comic Awards. \u003ci\u003eTreats from the Osaka Bakery\u003c\/i\u003e is her\ndebut novel and won her the prestigious ‘This Mystery is Amazing!’ award. She\nused to work part-time at a bakery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Trousselot\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hobart, Australia, in\n1969. He is the translator of the \u003ci\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold\u003c\/i\u003e series.\nOther translations include \u003ci\u003eThe I Wonder Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e by Shinsuke Yoshitake\nand \u003ci\u003eHiroshima: From the shadows of the grass\u003c\/i\u003e by Toshinori Kanaya. He was\na contributing translator to \u003ci\u003eThe 20th Century Art in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e by the Tokyo\nArt Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46381409009871,"sku":"9781398729490","price":32.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_f14acfdd-a4d5-4568-b660-2320c44a8dc9.jpg?v=1792721801","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/treats-from-the-osaka-bakery-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}