Loved itThis one is all about AJ, who is a grumpy bookstore owner, and I thought it was the most heartwarming and heartbreaking stories to read. So I sobbed in this one.
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The storied life of A. J. Fikry (2014)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the change; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'s world.
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- 9781643753614
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- 260 pages
Genres: poetry
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