The bookshop on the shore A novel

Jenny Colgan

eAudio - 2019

A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan.

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Published
[United States] : HarperAudio 2019.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Jenny Colgan (-)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Eilidh Beaton (narrator)
Edition
Unabridged
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 12 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9780062934369
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Booklist Review

Zoe is a single mother who is struggling to make it in London, with no help from her son Hari's father or her own family, who have moved away. With the promise of a simpler life and not one, but two, jobs lined up Zoe packs up and moves to Scotland with Hari in tow. Once she arrives, she begins her nanny position for a family whom the locals regard as strange, and her second job with Nina, who runs a mobile book store. Although there a numerous supporting characters and small plots, the main story line follows Zoe and how she helps restore the broken family for whom she works. Zoe resists attempts by her charges, Mary, Shackleton, and Patrick, to try to run her off, but one incident between Mary and Zoe's mute son, Hari, has her reconsidering. After the incident, Hari's father finally decides to do right by his son, and Zoe seems to have no choice but to leave the place she has grown to love and the budding romance between her and the children's father. Best-selling author Colgan's latest (after The Endless Beach, 2018) is a story built on family, hardship, and love that will appeal to fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid.--Crystal Vela Copyright 2010 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.