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The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry

On sale

13th March 2014

Price: £6.99

Selected:  ebook / ISBN-13: 9781405525169

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A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck.

Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life.

Maya is the baby left on A.J.’s bookshop floor with a note.

What happens in the bookshop that changes the lives of these seemingly normal but extraordinary characters?

This is the story of how unexpected love can rescue you and bring you back to real life, in a world that you won’t want to leave, with characters that you will come to love.

Reviews

Metro
Packed with the love of a life lived around books
Paula Daly, Huffington Post
This wonderful, funny, uplifting homage to bookshops is an absolute treat. I've bought it for everyone I know
Washington Post
Zevin has done something old-fashioned and fairly rare these days. She has written an entertaining novel, modest in its scope, engaging and funny without being cloying or sentimental. On top of all that, it is marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both