This is an amazing book! The setting is LosAngelos, which didn’t appeal to me until the storyline developed fully. Short quotes from classic books (of different genres starting with Shakespeare) expertly punctuated the narrative. Cause of death and paternity was a mystery for Mira, who had been misled. She also processed the enormity of inheriting a struggling bookshop 3000 miles from her new home and teaching career on the east coast…learning the financial record keeping, personnel/staffing, business cycles and plan to turn a profit.
Anyone involved with handling an estate with a significant number of books will appreciate this novel!
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I read that book.