The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Author(s): Gabrielle Zevin
Originally published as The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry.
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 who ends up 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.
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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. --Washington Post
Packed with the love of a life lived around books. --Metro
The little book with the big heart. --The New York Times
Gabrielle Zevin is the author of eight novels, including Elsewhere and, most recently, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which is a New York Times bestseller.
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group
- : Abacus
- : 0.2
- : 01 October 2014
- : 198mm X 126mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2014
- : 01 January 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Gabrielle Zevin
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 813.6
- : 256