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Title: The Bookshop on the Shore
Author: Jenny Colgan
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Sphere
Publication Date: 13th June 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
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Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch
Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy is perfect in every way - except for the fact that he just doesn't speak, at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn't know where to turn.
Then Hari's aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need.
Faced with an unwelcoming boss, a moody, distant bookseller named Ramsay Urquart, and a band of unruly children, Zoe wonders if she's made the right decision. But Hari has found his very first real friend, and no one could resist the beauty of the loch glinting in the summer sun. If only Ramsay would just be a little more approachable...
Dreams start here...
Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy is perfect in every way - except for the fact that he just doesn't speak, at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn't know where to turn.
Then Hari's aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need.
Faced with an unwelcoming boss, a moody, distant bookseller named Ramsay Urquart, and a band of unruly children, Zoe wonders if she's made the right decision. But Hari has found his very first real friend, and no one could resist the beauty of the loch glinting in the summer sun. If only Ramsay would just be a little more approachable...
Dreams start here...
It is always a delight to be able to read a new Jenny Colgan book and this was no exception.
I absolutely loved every single aspect of this book, from its around Loch Ness location, to The Beeches, the return of the bookshop van and some pretty memorable characters.
It was definitely the children that were the stars of this book, from Zoe's child Hari, who is an elective mute aged 4, to the three children who she goes on to be an au pair for, Patrick, Mary and Shackleton.
The other three kids are in dire need of some love and affection, and have named Zoe Nanny Seven, as they have managed to scare off the previous ones. Hints of Nanny McPhee and Mary Poppins are present... but without the magic, but in terms of the miracles Zoe seems to pull off without completely overstepping the mark.
Zoe is also assisting Nina in the book van, and is struggling as she doesn't have Nina's instant knack for knowing what book someone is talking about, but she comes up with a different approach to keep the money flowing in!
Written with Jenny Colgan's trademark easy to read style, characters and descriptions that get under your skin, and throughout an obvious love of books shining through, this is another winner from one of my all time favourite authors.
Thank you to Sphere and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
I absolutely loved every single aspect of this book, from its around Loch Ness location, to The Beeches, the return of the bookshop van and some pretty memorable characters.
It was definitely the children that were the stars of this book, from Zoe's child Hari, who is an elective mute aged 4, to the three children who she goes on to be an au pair for, Patrick, Mary and Shackleton.
The other three kids are in dire need of some love and affection, and have named Zoe Nanny Seven, as they have managed to scare off the previous ones. Hints of Nanny McPhee and Mary Poppins are present... but without the magic, but in terms of the miracles Zoe seems to pull off without completely overstepping the mark.
Zoe is also assisting Nina in the book van, and is struggling as she doesn't have Nina's instant knack for knowing what book someone is talking about, but she comes up with a different approach to keep the money flowing in!
Written with Jenny Colgan's trademark easy to read style, characters and descriptions that get under your skin, and throughout an obvious love of books shining through, this is another winner from one of my all time favourite authors.
Thank you to Sphere and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
I have been waiting to read this since it came out last June, but the Kindle price has never dropped below £8.99. I'm not going to pay that for it when there are plenty of other good books for a fraction of the price. :( Not sure why the publisher has set the price so high....doesn't seem like a good strategy for selling books? It's a shame because I am a real Jenny Colgan fan but I'll just have to keep waiting.....
ReplyDeleteThe price will be at that level because it is in line with the hardback prices. Once the paperback is out in April, the kindle price will most likely drop. They leave it at that price in order to encourage hardback sales.
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