| The Bookshop of Yesterdays Contributor(s): Meyerson, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1538516543 ISBN-13: 9781538516546 Publisher: Park Row Books OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 6.7" (0.17 lbs) |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Weird Sisters meets The Storied Life of AJ Fikry in this warm, poignant, clever debut novel about a woman who, upon inheriting a bookstore, discovers a series of clues hidden inside the books that lead her to uncover long-kept secrets about her family's past.Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric Uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the peculiar scavenger hunts he would create just for her. But on her twelfth birthday, Billy disappears from Miranda's life-until sixteen years later, when she receives the unexpected news that Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, now teetering on bankruptcy. But no one has spoken to Uncle Billy in years, not since his mysterious falling out with Miranda's mother.Miranda returns home and to Prospero Books-now as its owner-where she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her: inside novels on the store's shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and solve Billy's final scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey to meet people from Billy's past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda's mother has kept hidden-and the terrible secret that tore her family apart.Big-hearted and trenchantly observant, The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love, and the healing power of community. It's a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become. |
Contributor Bio(s): Meyerson, Amy: - Amy Meyerson is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Southern California. She currently lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Writing Program at the University of Southern California. The Bookshop of Yesterdays is her first novel. |