The Bookshop on the Corner

By Jenny Colgan

Part of the Scottish Bookshop Series series

A librarian loses her job and finds new purpose in a bookmobile, transforming lives and seeking her own happy ending.

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332 pages

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Nina Redmond, a passionate librarian, loses her city job and relocates to a quaint village. There, she transforms a van into a bookmobile, spreading the joy of reading. As she navigates new friendships and unexpected adventures, Nina wonders if she can craft her own storybook ending. Will the magic of books lead her to happiness?

From the publisher

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny, moving new novel for fans of Nina George’s The Little Paris Bookshop. Nina is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more. Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile – a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there’s plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that’s beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.

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