The Bookshop
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald, published by Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2015, is a reprint edition comprising 156 pages. This work follows Florence Green, a kindhearted widow who, in 1959, takes a bold step to open the only bookshop in the seaside town of Hardborough. As she navigates the challenges of her new venture, Florence faces opposition from local shopkeepers and the arts doyenne, Mrs. Gamart, revealing the complexities of community dynamics and the value of literature.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of ambition and resistance within a historical context. The story explores the impact of Florence’s bookshop on the town and its inhabitants, highlighting the tension between progress and tradition. With elements of drama and literary fiction, The Bookshop presents a poignant look at the struggles of a woman determined to enrich her community through literature, even as she confronts unexpected obstacles.
Official synopsis Publisher
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Penelope Fitzgerald’s The Bookshop is “a marvelously piercing fiction” (Times Literary Supplement), short-listed for the Booker Prize.
With an Introduction by David Nicholls, international best-selling author of One Day.
In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop–the only bookshop–in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites the hostility of the town’s less prosperous shopkeepers. By daring to enlarge her neighbors’ lives, she crosses Mrs. Gamart, the local arts doyenne. Florence’s warehouse leaks, her cellar seeps, and the shop is apparently haunted.
Only too late does she begin to suspect the truth: a town that lacks a bookshop isn’t always a town that wants one.
Basis for the major motion picture starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson.
Author
Publisher
Topics
FAQ
What is “The Bookshop” about?
Who is the author of “The Bookshop”?
When was “The Bookshop” published?
What is the ISBN for “The Bookshop”?
What are the book details (language, pages, edition)?
