Book of the day - The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry

  

    Here's what Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child - and herself a bookseller - has to say about Gabrielle Zevin's novel The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry:

    "Delightful! I read it in one sitting. It's a big-hearted gift to anyone who has worked at a bookstore, or loitered in a bookstore, or dreamed of living above a bookstore. The story has humour, romance, a touch of suspense, but most of all love - love of books and bookish people and, really, all of humanity in its imperfect glory."

    Here's the blurb:

    "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 in ruins.

    Maya is the baby who is left on the floor of the children's section in A.J.'s bookshop, with nothing but a note.

    What happens in the small bookshop changes the lives of these extraordinary characters.

    As surprising as it is moving, this is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love."

    I love the sound of this one!