books. The library database "NoveList" has these recommendations for you:
We discussed this book last November. The movie is available
at the library - it brings the characters to life, and follows the book.
This Swedish bestseller is charming with insights.
Widower Ove's plans to end it all are thwarted by neighbors and
a stray cat. You will fall in love with this crusty curmudgeon.
"Ove's personality and plight are comparable to A.J.'s -- and this
Swedish bestseller similarly mitigates dark themes with feel-
good charm, wry description, and insight."
(NoveList)
"A love story told in letters spans two world wars and follows
the correspondence between a poet on the Scottish Isle of Skye
and an American volunteer ambulance driver for the French Army,
an affair that is discovered years later when the poet disappears."
"The rural setting revives Alice Island's small-town charms, and this
romance is driven by a passion for words rivaling that of A.J. and
Amy."
(NoveList)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
"Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is
jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy,
an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She
has written to say she is in hospice and wants to say
goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to
her chores, Harold intends a quick walk to the corner
mailbox to post his reply but instead, inspired by a
chance encounter, he becomes convinced he must deliver
his message in person to Queenie--who is 600 miles away."
"Quirky characters, thoughtful revelations about life,love, and
atonement set in an intimate village community evokes The Storied Life of A.J. Firkry."
(NoveLIst)
"Lucy Hull is an accidental children's librarian who routinely
gives her favorite patron, 10-year-old Ian, books that do
not conform to the rigid rules his overbearing,
fundamentalist mother has set for him. When Ian's parents
force him to attend behavior-modification classes that will
"cure" his burgeoning homosexuality, Ian determines to run
away -- and Lucy decides to go with him. Though this set-up
may leave you feeling incredulous, it's actually the start of
a warm, moving, and frequently funny book full of
literary references and paeans to the power of reading."
"Literary references and whimsy lend appeal to this tale about
the life-changing capacity of books."
(NoveList)
by Mary Ann Shaffer
"In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in
her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells
her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,
a book club born as an alibi during German occupation."
"In an epistolary novel that celebrates book clubs, words, and
unexpected romance, thirty-something author Juliet is drawn
into a British island community occupied by the Nazi regime
during WWII."
(NoveList)
We enjoyed discussing this book in 2009-2010.
In Woodruff’s charming debut, an affable Shakespeare
professor’s world is rocked by three unexpected events in
quick succession. When Tom Putnam first meets Rose Callahan,
who has just been hired at the university bookstore, he’s
instantly attracted to her. But aside from one brief affair 10
years earlier, Tom has been a devoted husband to fearful,
damaged Marjory for more than two decades.... . But the
biggest change comes when Tom receives a letter from his
ex-lover, informing him that he has a 10-year-old son, Henry, who
she’s sending to live with him..."
(Booklist)
"Just as parenting Maya transforms A.J.'s life, the tender bond between Tom and his adopted son also illuminates joy and love in surprising places."
(NoveList)
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: a Memoir, a History
by Lewis Buzbee
"Weaving together history and personal relflections, Buzbee
describes his passion for books and bookselling in a memoir
that would make A.J. Fikry proud."
(NoveList)
"An aspiriing filmmaker trades Hollywood and a job at NASA
to live above a used bookshop in Scotland. This uplifting,
humorous memoir affirms literature's aptitude for connecting
people and sparking romance."
(NoveList)
Years past, I read this book and enjoyed it. Interesting people, an enjoyable arm chair travel to Scotland, and a book store!
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