In the Nakano Thrift Shop, the objects hold many secrets-- as do the staff and the customers. Hitomi, the young woman who works the register, falls for her reserved co-worker Takeo. She seeks advice from Masayo, her employer's sister. Hitomi soon comes to realize that love requires acceptance of idiosyncrasies and secrets.

While her mother builds a clinic in Syria and her best friend abandons her for a boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Phoebe lives with her godmother and discovers her own sexuality and vulnerability. When Phoebe's mother ditches her to work as a doctor for an international human rights organization, she is stuck living with her mom's best friend, Kate, and helping out at Kate's thrift shop. There she meet Emma. Phoebe tries to shield her head and her heart...

Rosie finds a beautiful dress at the local thrift shop and discovers a name handwritten on the label: Mila, who must have loved the sparkly dress as much as Rosie--and when Rosie outgrows the dress, she adds her name to the label and returns it to the thrift shop for another girl to find and love.