The Bookshop
by Penelope Fitzgerald
Taste attributes: dramacomedyslowheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceunderdog triumphssocial commentary
Boxlist takeA slow-paced, small-scale novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like patience over pace.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop - the only bookshop - in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers. By daring to enlarge her neighbors' lives, she crosses Mrs. Gamart, the local arts doyenne.
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- Penelope Fitzgerald
- Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 180
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