The Bookshop of Yesterdays, Amy Meyerson
The Bookshop of Yesterdays, Amy Meyerson
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays

Author: Amy Meyerson

Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/12/2018


Synopsis

A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading.

Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda’s life. She doesn’t hear about him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy, and one final scavenger hunt.

When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books—now as its owner—she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store’s shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy’s last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy’s past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda’s mother has kept hidden—and the terrible secret that tore her family apart.

Bighearted and trenchantly observant, The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It’s a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.

About Amy Meyerson

Amy Meyerson teaches in the writing department at the University of Southern California, where she completed her graduate work in creative writing. She has been published in numerous literary magazines and currently lives in Los Angeles. The Bookshop of Yesterdays is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila on June 29, 2018

2 stars--it was OK. What I liked: The bookstore setting and literary "clues" were fun. The author clearly loves books and reading, and that shows. What I didn't like: The main character, Miranda, was selfish and unlikable. Why was she with her boyfriend? They seemed to despise each other. Why was her......more

Goodreads review by EJ on June 23, 2018

What an insufferable main character. Kind of an interesting premise, but lacked any emotional or even logical resonance.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on September 26, 2019

As debut novels go, this an excellent story crafted by an author who teaches writing at the University of Southern California. Heart warming, engaging and illuminating, Amy's tribute to book stores, authors and forgiveness is interesting, emotional and fun. Using scavenger hunt as means for back sto......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 23, 2024

This is a story of secrets. Of Books. Of love lost. Of love found, in very different ways. It is a story of a young woman who inherits a bookstore from her estranged uncle, and with it, one final scavenger hunt, that helps her not only find the answers she needs – but something more. We come to lear......more