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Biography & True Stories Published 13/09/2018 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom Paperback | 320 pages, Integrated black and white photographs A tale of resilience and entrepreneurship and a celebration of booksellers everywhere: the real (and often unsung) heroes of the publishing world. . After surviving a fire and the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, the 'Bookshop on the Hill' soon becomes a refuge and beacon for an ever-growing community of people: readers who come to visit from afar, safe in the knowledge that Alba will be able to find the perfect book for them. With a total of only 180 residents, Alba's enterprise in Lucignana seems doomed from day one but it surprisingly sparks the enthusiasm of many across Tuscany - and beyond. 'A work of significant beauty. And yet, she always felt like she was a woman on the run. And so one day she decides to stop running and go back to Lucignana, the small village on the Tuscan hills where she was born, to open a tiny bookshop. Inspiring about the continuing life of books, and about the ways in which our lives can change and our dreams can come true, if only we insist on believing in changes and dreams' - Michael CunninghamAlba used to live a hectic life, working as a book publicist in Florence - a life that made her happy and led her to meet prominent international authors. The diary of a publicist-turned bookseller who left Florence to open a tiny bookshop on a Tuscan hill.
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Woof Girl
Not for me the polite laugh. Pour yourself a glass of whisky tonight, cozy up in front of the fire, and lose yourself in the gentle comedy of Wigtown. Or prose I find funny, the important point. Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland, the largest second-hand bookshop in the country.
Bluestalking
The book is such an entertaining read even as it imparts many nuggets of information on the slog involved in running a bookstore and making money of it, too. I don’t hand that compliment out often. Summary: it’s damned funny. I don’t throw my laughs around willy-nilly.
Sheila Kumar
The style reminds me of “Diary of a Nobody” although the author is clearly more self-aware than dear old Pooter, and there’s some truly laugh out loud moments. Reading this book for a second time as there’s little details I missed the first time because I raced through it from sheer pleasure! Read this book if you love books.
Bill Bryson’s sent his share of coffee spraying out my nose. . It’s difficult writing funny prose.
One of the most entertaining and satisfying works of humorous nonfiction I’ve read in quite a while, I’m struggling to remember what else has made me snort-laugh so hard. Were I ten years younger, and not living in the house of another bookish man, hoooo boy. For anyone working within the customer service industry, many of the scenarios will resonate and it makes you worry for the future of civilization with some of things people say out loud.
Ditto David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs. I love a good curmudgeon, especially a man with so great a knowledge of books.
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