Early 1900’s in Paris. Sylvia Beach wants to open a book store and she does, with a love of literature and a lot of hope. And it is a success – at first. Shakespeare and Company draws more than just customers. It is also the landing place for folks like Hemingway and his pals, including Sylvia’s “friend” James Joyce. But when she offers to publish Ulysses and it succeeds, everything begins to unravel. This is more than a bookseller-owns-bookstore kind of book. It’s a dip into fascinating history in the making, based on real events and real people. Loved it!
–Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA
We happen to know some booksellers who would love to be in Paris just about now. If you’d love to be there, too, please visit your local, independent bookstore to commiserate and find some books that will let you get to Paris tout de suite from your own couch.