<b>"Marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both."--</b><i><b>The Washington Post</b></i> <p/> A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over--and see everything anew. <p/> "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 <i>The Snow Child</i> <p/> "You won't want it to end." --<i>Family Circle</i> <p/> "A natural for book groups." --<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i> <p/> "A reader's paradise of the first order." --<i>The Buffalo News</i> <p/> "A fun, page-turning delight." --<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> <p/> "Captures the joy of connecting people and books . . . Irresistible." --<i>Booklist</i> <p/> "A wonderful, moving, endearing story of redemption and transformation that will sing in your heart for a very, very long time." --Garth Stein, author of <i>The Art of Racing in the Rain</i> <p/> "Readers who delighted in <i>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, </i> <i>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, </i> and <i>Letters from Skye </i>will be equally captivated by this novel." --*<i>Libra