Five Blessings for a Wedding

Maiko Seo

Laurel Taylor

Key Selling Points: 

• Maiko Seo is a lauded and popular Japanese author known for her heartwarming books  
• A booksellers’ favourite, winner of the prestigious Japanese Booksellers’ Award 
• Over 1 million copies sold 
• Answers the increasingly high demand for cozy and uplifting fiction, fitting right alongside Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Fredrik Backman, and Muriel Barbery  
• Excellent book club appeal 

Target Readership:

• For fans of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared from the World, Sonoko Machida’s The Convenience Store by the Sea, Durian Sukegawa’s Sweet Bean Paste, Hiromi Kawakami’s Strange Weather in Tokyo, and Hisashi Kashiwai’s The Kamogawa Food Detectives
• Readers of found family novels and intergenerational relationships
• Readers who enjoy rich descriptions of food and cooking