![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She finds the van–in rural Scotland–and finally, with the help of villagers, persuades the owner to sell it to her. The dream lingers and takes the shape of a mobile bookshop in a van. And she finally admits that it is to own her own bookshop, maybe a tiny one, where she can help match up people with books they will love. In an outplacement workshop exercise, complete with all the cliche’s of modern corporate life, she is invited to share her own dream job. The story is that Nina Redmond, a librarian in Birmingham, is about to lose her job in a library consolidation. It was a nice break from some other heavier reads, and explored some themes I found interesting. What is curious-er is that I actually liked it, for the most part. I’m a sucker for books on books and so didn’t notice that this is categorized as women’s fiction, and romance, two categories I tend not to read. Summary: Nina Redmond loses her librarian job, pursues a dream of a mobile bookshop, ending up in the Scottish Highlands, bringing joy to a cluster of small towns in her Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After, while longing for her own happy-ever-after. The Bookshop on the Corner, Jenny Colgan. ![]()
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