Love, Death  Rare Books, Robert Hellenga
Love, Death  Rare Books, Robert Hellenga
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Love, Death & Rare Books

Author: Robert Hellenga

Narrator: James Patrick Cronin

Unabridged: 9 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2020


Synopsis

Chas. Johnson & Sons has been a family operation for three generations—grandfather, father, and son. But when it comes time for Gabe Johnson to take the reins of the business, the world of books has changed, and the combination of the internet and inner city rents forces the store to close. But instead of folding his hand, Gabe decides to risk everything he has and reopen the shop—and, in a sense restart his life—in a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan. Haunted his entire life by an obsession with a former lover, he finds her again only to be faced with yet another even more difficult challenge that threatens the well-being of the revival of the bookstore as well as the fate of his rekindled relationship.

About Robert Hellenga

Robert Hellenga was educated at the University of Michigan and Princeton University. He is a professor emeritus at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and the author of the novels The Confessions of Frances Godwin, Snakewoman of Little Egypt, The Sixteen Pleasures, The Fall of a Sparrow, Blues Lessons, Philosophy Made Simple, and The Italian Lover, and the short story collection The Truth About Death. He lives in Galesburg, Illinois.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suanne on June 02, 2024

It’s been a minute since I read Robert Hellenga and I forgot that he has exhaustive knowledge of things dear to his heart: books, jazz music, italy, etc. If they happen to be things dear to your heart, you will be in Heaven with his books. If you are into rare books, book binding, book collecting, b......more