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The sun floods the cross streets in the mornings and the east sides of all the avenues are in deep shadow.

The buildings cut the sunlight so abruptly in New York that the shadows look like a child has made them with scissors and black paper. I carry on sipping my tea and I look out on Broadway beneath my window. I reflect that as I can’t even name it, the likelihood of a genuine mess is remote. I sip my tea, and wonder if I have forgotten to submit a paper, pay the rent, feed Stella’s cat. This is unfortunate, because ever since I woke up this morning I’ve had a feeling that I might be in one. But if Esme gives him a second chance, will she, like her beloved book­store, lose more than she can handle? A sharply observed and evocative tale of learning to face reality without giv­ing up on your dreams, The Bookstore is sheer enchantment from start to finish.

When Mitchell recants his criticism, his passion and promises are hard to resist. The oddball customers are a welcome relief from Columbia’s high-pressure halls, but the store is struggling to survive in this city where nothing seems to last. Before she has a chance to tell Mitchell about her pregnancy, he suddenly declares their sex life is as exciting as a cup of tea, and ends it all.ĭetermined to master everything from Degas to diapers, Esme starts work at a small West Side bookstore, finding solace in George, the laconic owner addicted to spirulina, and Luke, the taciturn, guitar-playing night manager.

When Mitchell van Leuven-a New Yorker with the bluest of blue New York blood-captures her heart with his stunning good looks and a penchant for all things erotic, life seems truly glorious.until a thin blue line signals a wrinkle in Esme’s tidy plan. A witty, sharply observed debut novel about a young woman who finds unexpected salvation while working in a quirky used bookstore in Manhattan.īrilliant, idealistic Esme Garland moves to Manhattan armed with a pres­tigious scholarship at Columbia University.