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The Last Bookshop

By Emma Young
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The Last Bookshop by Emma Young follows the journey of Cait, the determined owner of a small bookshop in Edinburgh. Despite the rise of digital media and financial struggles threatening her beloved shop, she remains hopeful. The story explores Cait's passion for literature, the community she gathers around her, and her fight to preserve a dwindling bastion of physical books in a rapidly changing world.
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If you cherish heart-warming tales about community and the magic of books, this story could be a delightful read. It explores the charm and struggles of an independent bookshop and its owner's quest to keep it alive against all odds, making it perfect for those who find joy in narratives about resilience and the love for literature.

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A book for book lovers, The Last Bookshop is an uplifting novel that reminds us never to underestimate the power of people who love books.

Cait Copper's best friends have always been books - along with the rare souls who love them as much as she does, like the grandmotherly June. When Cait set up her shop, Book Fiend, right in the heart of the city, she thought she'd skipped straight to 'happily ever after'. But things are changing, and fast.

June's sudden interest in Cait's lacklustre love life and the appearance of the handsome 'Mystery Shopper' force her to concede there might be more to happiness than her shop and her cat. The city is transforming, with luxury chain stores circling Book Fiend's prime location.

And meanwhile, a far more personal tragedy is brewing. Soon Cait is questioning not only the viability of the shop, but the life she's shaped around it. An unlikely band of allies is determined she won't face these questions alone; but is a love of books enough to halt the march of progress and time?

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The Last Bookshop by Emma Young is praised as an entertaining and heartwarming narrative that beautifully encapsulates the affection people hold for books and bookshops.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925816303

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 March 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Fremantle Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 324g

Pages: 256

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Emma Young Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

After five years in bookselling, Emma retrained as a journalist and has been reporting since 2011 - first for community papers, then as a statewide digital journalist for WAtoday. Her work also regularly appears in sister publications The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. The Last Bookshop was shortlisted for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award in 2019.

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