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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

📂 Standards 📅 2014 🏛 Algonquin Books 🌐 English ⚖ 463 KB

In the spirit of **The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society** and **The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry**, Gabrielle Zevin's enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books -- and booksellers -- that changes our lives by giving us the stories that open our hearts and enlighten our

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel

✍ Zevin, Gabrielle 📂 Fiction 📅 2014 🏛 Algonquin Books 🌐 English ⚖ 106 KB

**We are not quite novels.** **We are not quite short stories.** **In the end, we are collected works.** A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died; his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history; and now his prized possession, a rare collection

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel

✍ Zevin, Gabrielle 📂 Fiction 📅 2014 🏛 Algonquin Books 🌐 English ⚖ 106 KB

**We are not quite novels.** **We are not quite short stories.** **In the end, we are collected works.** A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died; his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history; and now his prized possession, a rare collection

The storied life of A.J. Fikry: a novel

✍ Zevin, Gabrielle 📂 Fiction 📅 2014 🏛 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 🌐 en-US ⚖ 113 KB 👁 2 views

In the spirit of **The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society** and **The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry** , Gabrielle Zevin's enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books -- and booksellers -- that changes our lives by giving us the stories that open our hearts and enlighten ou

The storied life of A.J. Fikry: a novel

✍ Gabrielle Zevin 📂 Fiction 📅 2014 🏛 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 🌐 en-US ⚖ 112 KB 👁 2 views

**A #1 Indie Next Pick and a #1 LibraryReads Selection "This novel has humor, romance, a touch of suspense, but most of all love--love of books and bookish people and, really, all of humanity in its imperfect glory." --Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child** A.J. Fikry, the irascible owner of Isl

Tzili: The Story of a Life: The Story of

Tzili: The Story of a Life: The Story of a Life

📂 Standards 📅 2012 🏛 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 🌐 English ⚖ 1 MB

The youngest, least-favored member of an Eastern European Jewish family, Tzili is considered an embarrassment by her parents and older siblings. Her schooling has been a failure, she is simple and meek, and she seems more at home with the animals in the field than with people. And so when her panic-