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The bookshop on the shore / Jenny Colgan.
"Desperate to escape from London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new life for herself and her four year old son Hari. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where shouting football fans keep them awake all night. Hari's dad, Jaz, a charismatic but perpetually broke DJ, is no help at all. But his sister Surinder comes to Zoe's aid, hooking her up with a job as far away from the urban crush as possible: a bookshop on the banks of Loch Ness. And there's a second job to cover housing: Zoe will be an au pair for three children at a genuine castle in the Scottish Highlands. With the help of Nina, the friendly local bookseller, Zoe begins to put down roots in the community. Are books, fresh air, and kindness enough to heal this broken family and her own?" - Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062913555
- Physical Description: 409 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Single mothers > Fiction. Au pairs > Fiction. Bookstores > Fiction. Ness, Loch (Scotland) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kimberley Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberley Public Library | F COL (Text) | 35137001022531 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 August #1
Zoe is a single mother who is struggling to make it in London, with no help from her son Hari's father or her own family, who have moved away. With the promise of a simpler lifeâand not one, but two, jobs lined upâZoe packs up and moves to Scotland with Hari in tow. Once she arrives, she begins her nanny position for a family whom the locals regard as strange, and her second job with Nina, who runs a mobile book store. Although there a numerous supporting characters and small plots, the main story line follows Zoe and how she helps restore the broken family for whom she works. Zoe resists attempts by her charges, Mary, Shackleton, and Patrick, to try to run her off, but one incident between Mary and Zoe's mute son, Hari, has her reconsidering. After the incident, Hari's father finally decides to do right by his son, and Zoe seems to have no choice but to leave the place she has grown to love and the budding romance between her and the children's father. Best-selling author Colgan's latest (after The Endless Beach, 2018) is a story built on family, hardship, and love that will appeal to fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2019 February #1
Desperate to escape cramped, noisy London and build a better life for her young son, single mom Lottie impulsively accepts a nanny position in the Scottish Highlands. Her employer turns out to be a widowed wreck with two out-of-control monsters for children, but with the help of kindly bookshop owner Nina, Lottie senses that she can heal. With a 100,000-copy paperback and 25,000-copy hardcover first printing.
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