

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Daytime Book Club - Akiko's Quiet Happiness
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am – Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Sidetrack Bookshop BOOK CLUB discussing Akiko's Quiet Happiness, by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Led by Sidetrack Bookseller, Rachel.About this Event* *Note: $5 registration fee can be used as a credit toward a purchase in-store. The credit expires the night of book club.**Join us for Book Club!Sidetrack Bookshop is a mission-driven bookstore, which means (in part) that we are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive space for people of all identities. In order to maintain our welcoming and inclusive space in the context of what we hope will be a lively and productive book club discussion, we have developed the following house rules.By attending a book club meeting, you agree to the following:Share the floor: Be sure to let everyone talk and express their thoughts on the book. If you feel like you're talking a lot, you probably are! Invite others to speak.Be respectful: We'll no doubt have differing opinions. Seek to understand first, then to be understood. Check your privilege, and take special care with others who have lived experience differing from your own.Comments or behavior that demean a specific person, identity, or culture will not be tolerated.Book club hosts will keep these house rules in mind and will redirect you or the conversation as a whole if we feel they aren't being honored. We also reserve the right to ask an attendee to leave if we feel they're contributing to an unwelcome space.About the BookTwo lonely former classmates reconnect in Tokyo and unravel a family secret in this touching new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats.Still grieving the death of her mother, 29-year-old Akiko is single and lives in self-imposed isolation in Tokyo. Then one evening, she unexpectedly runs into Kento, her first love from school. Kento now leads a reclusive life as a hikikomori, only venturing out at night.At the same time, Akiko discovers evidence that her mother had been lying to her about their family, causing her to doubt everything. She has to admit to herself that she doesn’t know who she is.With Kento’s help, Akiko embarks on a journey into her own history, which takes her life in surprising directions and leads her to questions she had never dared to ask herself before: How do I want to live? And do I have the courage to love?About the AuthorJan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Wall, a nonfiction book about China. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, his first novel, is an international best seller. He lives in Potsdam with his family.Daniel Bowles (translator) is associate professor of German Studies at Boston College. His translation of Christian Kracht’s Eurotrash was long-listed for the 2025 International Booker Prize, and his English rendering of Kracht’s Imperium won the Helen &amp; Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize in 2016.
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- **Event Categories**: art, meetups, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.24, max: 6.24, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Royal Oak
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 325 S Washington Ave
- **lat**: 42.4873955
- **long**: -83.14631720000001
- **full address**: 325 S Washington Ave, 325 South Washington Avenue, Royal Oak, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Sidetrack Bookshop (https://allevents.in/org/sidetrack-bookshop/22525576)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 325 S Washington Ave, 325 South Washington Avenue, Royal Oak, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 6.24 up to 6.24 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Sidetrack Bookshop
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, meetups, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Daytime Book Club - Akiko's Quiet Happiness ?
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