The Bookshop
(Author) Penelope FitzgeraldShortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her fate will strike a chord with anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice.
Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald was a British author known for her novel "The Blue Flower," which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her writing style was characterized by wit, economy of language, and precise observation. Fitzgerald's work explored themes of history, society, and human nature with subtlety and insight.
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