| #4070000 in Books | Beacon Press | 2004-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .90 x5.80 x8.60l, | File type: PDF | 223 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An Affirming Book for Avid Readers|By R Marowitz|As a lifelong avid reader, I've always wondered what it would be like to work in a bookstore. This book gave me a fun taste of that. I loved how the author highlights all the different ways that books help & captivate people. The author worked in the bookstore after she had finished treatment for breast cancer, though her illness|From Publishers Weekly|To fill the time as she recovered from cancer and chemotherapy, Strempek Shea volunteered at a friend’s independent bookstore in Springfield, Mass. An accomplished novelist (Around Again; Lily of the Valley), Strempek Shea felt at fi
Suzanne Shea has always loved a good bookand she’s written five of them, all acclaimed. In the course of her ten-year career, she’s done a good bit of touring, including readings and drop-ins at literally hundreds of bookstores. She never visited one that wasn’t memorable.
Two years ago, while recovering from radiation therapy, Shea heard from a friend who was looking for help at her bookstore. Shea volunteered, seeing it as nothing more ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore | Suzanne Strempek Shea. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.