Love doesn't always go by the book
Ardent and Idealistic, Esme Garland has arrived in Manhattan with a scholarship to study art history at Columbia University. When she falls in love with New York blue-blood Mitchell van Leuven, with his penchant for all things erotic, life seems to be clear sailing, until a thin blue line signals stormy times ahead. Before she has a chance to tell Mitchell about her pregnancy, he abruptly declares their sex life is as exciting as a cup of tea, and ends it all.
Stubbornly determined to master everything from Degas to diapers, Esme starts work at a small West Side bookstore to make ends meet. The Owl is a shabby all-day, all-night haven for a colorful crew of characters, such as handsome and taciturn guitar player Luke and George, the owner, who lives on spirulina shakes and idealism. The Owl becomes a nexus of good in a difficult world for Esme-but will it be enough to sustain her when Mitchell, glittering with charm and danger, comes back on the scene?
The Bookstore is a celebration of books, of the shops where they are sold, and of the people who work, read, and live in them. The Bookstore is also a story about emotional discovery, the complex choices we all face, and the accidental inspirations that make a life worth the reading.
Let me just start out by saying this is not my typical read that i blog about, if you been to my blog for a while now you know that i am a Young Adult Fantasy loving reader. Give dwarves, faeries, princess in distress any day. Now that being said i am drawn to books that have to do with libraries, bookstores, and a bit of chick lit thrown in. I loved the blossom street series from Debbie McComber and the between the lines story was great.
The bookstore is just that it a chick lit story it all about the things that most women movies are made of women mets guy, gets knocked up, and oh no how does she survive with her college plans and being on her own. Their a bit more to it then that and that why i kept reading. She ends up in this great used bookstore called The Owl and connects with this quirky set of characters and they do not mesh well with the father of her soon to be child but yeah know he a douche anyway.
I love how it set in New York and i can see New York through esme, ( i never had the pleasure of going there), i can see all the characters that she interacts with at The owl and i totally felt her struggles and wanted to be one of the people she interacted with.
A great story, i recommend if you want to shake up your reading norm a bit and hope you give it a shot.
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