Renai No Hakko to Fuhai Nitsuite (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Marie, a former office worker, quits her job after her adulterous love is destroyed, and decides to open a coffee shop in an unknown town, her dream, and live peacefully here. Just then, a strange man shows up at the store and starts making trouble with the sandwiches. The man, Toranosuke, is a baker at a bakery that has opened in a corner of the shopping street. He is a highly skilled and craftsman-like man, but he is sloppy when it comes to women. Marie has vowed never to fall in love again, Sanae is confused by her love for the first time in a long time after her husband's death, and Itsuko continues to forgive her husband's infidelity. An unexpected turning point comes in the lives of these women at the mercy of Toranosuke. An ensemble drama of adult love by Osamu Dazai Award-winning author.

不倫の恋に破れ、勤めていた会社を辞めた元OL・万里絵は、知らない町で夢だった喫茶店を開き、ここで穏やかに暮らしていこうと決心する。そんな矢先、店に奇妙な男が現れ、サンドイッチに難癖をつけてきた。その男・虎之介は、商店街の一角にできたパン屋のパン職人。高い技術を誇り職人気質な男だが、こと女に関してはだらしがない。二度と恋はしないと誓った万里絵、夫に先立たれ久方ぶりの恋心に戸惑う早苗、夫の浮気を許し続ける伊都子。虎之介に翻弄された女たちの人生に予想外の転機が訪れる。太宰治賞作家が描く大人の恋愛群像劇。