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Found in a Bookshop

By: Stephanie Butland
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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Dear Lost for Words,

We are trying to stay at home... I am enclosing a cheque and I hope that you will use it to send us some books. Please choose books that we might think are wonderful.

Rosemary

Loveday Cardew's beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.

Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books.

Suddenly it's clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape.

And so it begins.

©2023 Stephanie Butland (P)2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Family Life Genre Fiction

Critic reviews

"A delightful and original concept about how a second hand bookshop can heal a community." (Katie Fforde)

"What a lovely book - so assured and gentle, full of compassion and replete with astute observations of human nature and behaviour." (Carys Bray)

"Beautifully written and atmospheric." (Tracy Rees)
Heartwarming Stories • Interconnected Characters • Book Recommendations • Relatable Pandemic Experiences • Engaging Voices
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This is nothing like its prequel, which was written in first person Loveday's voice, and so enjoyable because of the character conveyed through that voice, and the story focused on a few characters. This is a very different book, third-person neutral voice, set in the pandemic, about a bunch of unrelated characters' lives that I get mixed up after a while, and they are just typical people in the pandemic. Nothing special. No character to love or cry for. Very boring.

I wish I bought this on credit so that I can return it, but I bought it with cash, so I'm stuck with it. Even then, I don't think I'll finish it.

I didn't realize this is a pandemic book, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. I'm sick of the pandemic, and as it is 2024 now, pandemic is in the past and I don't need any reminders of it. Plus, I don't share the depression these characters had during the pandemic. My pandemic time was fine and enjoyable.

A pandemic book I wish I didn't buy

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This novel felt like a comfortable friend. Charming and wholesome, it gave my heart such healing. The performance/reading was perfect. Excellent purchase!

Charming, endearing novel!

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Captured the trauma of the Covid weeks without being terrorizing. I added 5 books to My wish list because of the books mentioned in this listen.
Perfect narration.

Charming and Not To Be Missed

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Wanted to keep listening long after my long commutes to and from work were done…

Loved it!

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Such a wonderful book. Will recommend to to others. The whole sh I had had a book pharmacy during COVID

Covid relief but reading

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This is the 2nd book is a duology set in the Lost for Words Bookshop in York, England. The 1st book was set in 2016 and this one is set in 2020 and begins in the very first days of the Covid lock-down months. It is a delightfully written book full of both humor and pathos detailing how the shop adapted its day to day operations in order to survive the pandemic by filling "book prescriptions" based on what their customers said was ailing them - lonliness, lost love, their usual thrillers seeming inappropriate, etc. As a result, we readers also get a ton of book recommendations as a side benefit.

Lovejoy and her Mom continue to also help women in recovery from having been the victims of domestic violence. The interpersonal relationships of the book store employees come into play and Lovejoy passes on the comfort she received from the previous owner to a young girl who reminds her of herself.

52 Books 2024 Challenge
Prompt 15 - part of a duology

1st book I've read about living through the pandemic

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I did not expect to love listening to this audiobook so much! In fact I listened twice! So many different characters, different things happening! I could really see with my ears the settings and faces of the characters. The fact that one of my favorite narrators (Imogen Church) did the narration was a real plus!

What a Lovely Book……

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I loved everything about this book. The story is wonderful, heartwarming and uplifting. I also loved the narrator.

Best book I’ve read in a long time.

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The first time I opened up this listen, I put it away. It was too soon. But now, I enjoyed it. Lovely stories and just very “real”.

Nice look back

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The story was really long but so well told and so interesting and it’s so relatable to I could listen to it forever on repeat love all the different stories 100/10 love the way it’s told so clearly and love all the different voices for all the different people and it’s so detailed and beautifully written 😍😍😍

Love it no bookcan compare

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