“When we meet Willow, the 12-year-old main character and our narrator for much of this lovely middle-grade novel, we know she has experienced a horrible loss. But as her life unfolds, the reader feels Willow’s strength and resilience. Despite and because of her sometimes-alienating intellect and her tragic situation, others become involved in Willow’s life. …
It was with sadness and not a little bitterness that we reported the fate of Seattle’s Queen Anne Books this past fall, but all is sweet on the hill today. The blindsided store will rise, on its old turf, as Queen Anne Book Company in late February. From yesterday’s press release: Ever since the doors of …
The book blogger at Well Read Fish wrote an effusive love note to Seattle’s Queen Anne Books after a recent first visit. “This is the indie bookstore of lore, of old times,” she writes. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you could set up an account to be billed later, like my childhood pharmacy . . …
Queen Anne bookseller Tegan Tigani sat down with Seattle author Shani Raviv to talk about her book, Being Ana: A Memoir of Anorexia Nervosa. The in-depth interview, which commemorated National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, is offered in three parts at The Seattle Books Examiner, where Tigani is a contributor. Tigani is the events coordinator and children’s …
Tegan Tigani discovered Queen Anne Books in 1999, after driving across the country to be with her boyfriend (now her husband). “I pulled through Steven’s Pass on a cold night in February,” she says. “After stretching my limbs and getting a good first night’s sleep in Seattle, Jordan suggested a little tour around our new …
“Strikingly pure of heart, voice and message, The Atlas of Love tells the story of a life lived on the treadmill of academia. It’s likely to be a favorite of your bookseller, because it’s a life that will resonate—a lot of hard work, little traditional payoff, yet, somehow, all worthwhile. Therein lies the brilliance of this …
“Layer tracks of Sherman Alexie, Jess Walter and Eminem. Add a touch of the Beats, some Dante, and the fuzzy sensibilities of the movie Slacker. Toss that all into the Silicon Valley, adopt a stance that’s street-wise but not world-weary, and you just may come up with something resembling What We Are. This novel is, …
