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Author:

Colgan, Jenny, author.

Title:

The bookshop on the shore / Jenny Colgan.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

409 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Single mothers--Fiction.
Au pairs--Fiction.
Bookstores--Fiction.
Ness, Loch (Scotland)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

Desperate to escape London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new life for herself and her four-year-old son, Hari. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where shouting football fans keep them awake all night, and Hari's dad, JAz, a charismatic but perpetually broke DJ, is no help at all. But his sister, Surinder, comes to Zoe's aid, hooking her up with a job as far away fromthe urban crush as possible: working at a bookshop on the banks of Loch Ness. And there's a second job to cover housing: Zoe will be an au pair for three children at a genuine castle in the Scottish Highlands. But while Scotland is everything Zoe dreamed of - clear skies, brisk fresh air, blessed quiet - everything else is a bit of a mess. The Urquart family castle is grand but crumbling, the children's mother has abandoned the family, their father is a wreck, and the kids have been kicked out of school and left to their own devices. Zoe has her work cut out for her and is determined to rise to the challenge, especially when she sees how happily Hari has taken to their new home. With the help of Nina, the friendly local bookseller, Zoe begins to put down roots in the community. Are books, fresh air, and kindness enough to heal the Urquart family - and her own?

ISBN:

0062850180
9780062850188

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1105039293

Locations:

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

LBPB837 -- Elk Horn Public Library (Elk Horn)

JZPB162 -- Lowden Public Library (Lowden)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

JNPC081 -- Leonard A. Good Community Library (Ogden)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

S2PA501 -- Sully Community Library (Sully)

TVPD862 -- Louise & Lucile Hink -Tama Public Library (Tama)

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)