![]() How he decides to handle the situation, alters his life and those around him. One of those days, a toddler is abandoned in A.J.’s bookstore, and that is the turning point for him. His wife having died less than two years prior, he isn’t really living, just trying to make it day to day. He is in a difficult place when we meet him. Fikry and the people in his life to whom he is closest. It’s the touching and poignant story of A.J. It is one I probably wouldn’t have picked up on my own, but I definitely would have been missing out. I received this book from my roommate for Christmas. Excited because, ‘YAY! New book!’ Nervous because, ‘What if I don’t like it? I don’t want to have to tell them I didn’t like it.” Thankfully that didn’t happen this time. Whenever a friend gives me a book they loved, I’m both excited and nervous. What happens in the bookshop that changes the lives of these seemingly normal but extraordinary characters? This is the story of how unexpected love can rescue you and bring you back to real life, in a world that you won’t want to leave, with characters that you will come to love. Maya is the baby who ends up on AJ’s bookshop floor with a note. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life. ![]() ![]() His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. ![]() His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. ![]() Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Adult FictionĪmazon – Barnes & Noble – Apple iBooks – KoboĪ.J. ![]()
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