A perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer week--narrated by two very different women and punctuated by political turmoil, a celestial event, and a perpetually broken vacuum cleaner. --Sarah Pekkanen, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Golden Couple Witty, hilarious, and heartwarming contemporary read Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 84,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs.
I wholeheartedly recommend this quirky gem.
If you sell, buy, or simply love books, Bookish People is for you. . .
A smart, original, laugh-out-loud novel .
This big-hearted screwball comedy features an intergenerational cast of oblivious authors and over- qualified booksellers--as well as a Russian tortoise named Kurt Vonnegut Jr.--and captures the endearing quirks of some of the best kinds of people: the ones who love good books.
But Clemi suspects Raymond might be her biological father, and she can\'t say no to the chance of finding out for sure.
Fearful of potential repercussions from angry customers, Sophie asks Clemi--bookstore events coordinator, aspiring novelist, and daughter of a famed literary agent--to cancel Raymond\'s appearance.
He intends to set the record straight--with an ultra-fine-point Sharpie--but only one shop still plans to host him: Sophie\'s.
Meanwhile, renowned poet Raymond Chaucer has published a new collection, and rumors that he\'s to blame for his wife\'s suicide have led to national cancellations of his publicity tour.
Mourning the death of her husband, the loss of her favorite manager, her only child\'s lack of aspiration, and the grim state of the world, she fantasizes about going into hiding in the secret back room of her store.
Independent bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is burned out on books.
A perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer week--narrated by two very different women and punctuated by political turmoil, a celestial event, and a perpetually broken vacuum cleaner