The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
My score: 4 of 5 stars
The Bookshop On The Shore is a modern romance set primarily in Scotland.
Single mom Zoe can not afford her London dwelling, so she jumps on the alternative of a job and a rent-free dwelling in Scotland. Right here her duties will contain mild nanny work whereas overlaying maternity go away for a cellular e book store. All of it sounds good!
Nevertheless, The Beeches is an previous homestead with three unruly motherless kids, and Zoe is their newest in an extended checklist of nannies. She should traverse the tough minefield of their childhood, whereas making an attempt to deliver order to the home. Her different function is to drive a cellular e book store across the villages; she’s filling the sneakers of a bookseller who is aware of all of the nuances of her demanding clients.
That is a enjoyable e book, with a sprinkle of romance. A lot of the e book focuses on kids and books, all in an exquisite wild Scottish setting. A light-weight-hearted story that will swimsuit followers of a feel-good e book.
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A grand baronial home on Loch Ness, a unusual small-town bookseller, and a single mother in search of a recent begin all come collectively on this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Occasions bestselling creator Jenny Colgan.
Determined to flee from London, single mom Zoe needs to construct a brand new life for herself and her son Hari. She will barely afford the crammed studio house on a busy road the place honking horns and shouting soccer followers hold them awake all evening. If she doesn’t discover a approach out quickly, Zoe is aware of it’s only a matter of time earlier than she has a whole meltdown. On a whim, she solutions an advert for a nanny job within the Scottish Highlands, which is about as far-off from the city crush of London as potential. It sounds heavenly!
The job description asks for somebody able to caring for 3 “gifted kids”, two of which behave feral wolverines. The kids’s widowed father is a wreck, and the children run wild in an enormous tumbledown fortress on the heather-strewn banks of Loch Ness. Nonetheless, the peaceable, picturesque location is every thing London is just not—and Zoe rises to the challenges of the job.
With the assistance of Nina, the pleasant native bookseller, Zoe begins to place down roots locally. Are books, recent air, and kindness sufficient to heal this damaged household—and her personal…?
