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Found in a Bookshop
- Author
- Stephanie Butland
- Narrator
- Imogen Church
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 30 March 2023
- Run Time
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
We are trying to stay at home . . . I am enclosing a cheque and I hope that you will use it to send us some books. Please choose books that we might think are wonderful.
Rosemary
Loveday Cardew's beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.
Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books.
Suddenly it's clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape.
And so it begins.
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'A delightful and original concept about how a second hand bookshop can heal a community' Katie Fforde
'What a lovely book - so assured and gentle, full of compassion and replete with astute observations of human nature and behaviour' Carys Bray
'Beautifully written and atmospheric' Tracy Rees
(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Critics Review
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A delightful and original concept about how a second hand bookshop can heal a community
Katie Fforde
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The perfect book to curl up with . . . It's heartwarming, emotional and full of kindness. A lovely and life-affirming novel
Sara Nisha Adams
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'What a lovely book - so assured and gentle, full of compassion and replete with astute observations of human nature and behaviour'
Carys Bray
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'Absolutely gorgeous . . . compelling, compassionate'
Sarah Franklin
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'Beautifully captures all the small kindnesses and frustrations of a community under lockdown . . . cathartic and life-affirming'
Kate Mascarenhas
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'What an absolute pleasure . . . a perfect follow-up to Lost for Words'
Shelley Harris
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A really moving read - with great book recommendations included, too!
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Details
- Author
- Stephanie Butland
- Narrator
- Imogen Church
- Duration
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 30 March 2023
- ISBN
- 9781472291837
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Literary companions, book reviews and guides
Synopsis
Dear Lost for Words,We are trying to stay at home . . . I am enclosing a cheque and I hope that you will use it to send us some books. Please choose books that we might think are wonderful.RosemaryLoveday Cardew's beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books.Suddenly it's clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape.And so it begins.______________'A delightful and original concept about how a second hand bookshop can heal a community' Katie Fforde'What a lovely book - so assured and gentle, full of compassion and replete with astute observations of human nature and behaviour' Carys Bray'Beautifully written and atmospheric' Tracy Rees(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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