Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

(read aloud)

A thoroughly British take on a small town with rigid class lines and expectations. A middle-aged woman tries to start a bookstore and succeeds, but runs counter to jealous powerful people who are used to having their slightest whims satisfied. Bleak, sad, lonely, suppressed. The final bus ride out of town with the main character was actually a relief Wherever she is headed, I hope she fares well.

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