The storied life of A. J. Fikry

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A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the change; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'s world.

subjects: Widowers,  Man-woman relationships,  Bookstores,  Abandoned children,  Booksellers and bookselling,  Fiction,  Booksellers,  Lost and found possessions,  Book thefts,  Friendship,  Poetry,  Toddlers,  Rare books,  Large type books,  Fiction, psychological,  Widowers, fiction,  Booksellers and bookselling, fiction,  Cape cod (mass.), fiction,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-05-04,  New York Times bestseller,  Relations entre hommes et femmes,  Romans, nouvelles,  Enfants abandonnés,  Veufs,  Librairies,  Vol de livres,  Livres rares