Shelf life
romance, mystery, drama, and other page-turning adventures from a year in a bookstore
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Author
Publication
2004 - Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
55,750 words, Guess
Page Count
223 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3680027M
- ISBN-100807072583
- OCLC Control Number53324966
- OCLC Control Numbershelfliferomance00shea
- Library of Congress Control Number2003023155
and 2 more
- LibraryThing72397
- Goodreads1257309
Classifications
- DDC381/.45002/092
- LCCZ473 .S43 2004
Description
One afternoon in 2001, while she was recovering from treatments for breast cancer, Shea got a call from a friend who was looking for help at her family's bookstore. Janet Edwards expected no more than help spreading the word, so she was surprised when Shea offered to take the job herself, seeing it as a way to get out of her pajamas and back into the world. But over the next twelve months, Shea unintentionally realized a dream that so many book lovers harbor: She became a bookseller. From St. Patrick's Day - for which she arranged her first window display - through National Poetry Month, Mother's Day and Father's Day, the all-important summer reading season, the crucial Chanukah and Christmas gift rush, then back again to piling up stacks of Joyce and maps of Dublin, Shea lived and breathed books in a place she believes sells "ideas, stores, encouragement, answers, solace, validation, the basic ammunition for daily life."
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Genres
- Biography.
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