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It is the details, however, that haunt 38yearold kitty miller, protagonist of cynthia swansons the bookseller. In the bookseller, writing with a sharptinged empathic pen, cynthia swanson takes us on a startling journey where a woman is thrust into the alternative world that might have been, had she made different choices. Read download the bookseller a novel pdf pdf download. A novel cynthia swanson a provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. The bookseller by cynthia swanson book club discussion. Silja, angie, and ruby, three women tied to the glass brothers by birth or marriage, slowly learn the pair arent quite the men they appear to be. The awardwinning literary suspense novelist and new york times bestselling author of the bookseller, cynthia swanson, took a break before her upcoming book tour to chat with me about her new thriller, the glass forest, the writerslashdesigners process and unique relationship with creativity, and how she finds her ideas. In the 1960s, single kitty owns a bookshop but dreams of a life where shes married with children and she starts to blur the lines between. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the bookseller. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, frieda, and enjoys complete control over her daytoday existence. There, for nearly eight decades from the 1890s to the 1960s, thrived the new york booksellers row.
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