The Lost for Words Bookshop, Stephanie Butland
The Lost for Words Bookshop, Stephanie Butland
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The Lost for Words Bookshop
A Novel

Author: Stephanie Butland

Narrator: Imogen Church

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2018


Synopsis

The Lost for Words Bookshop is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending audiobook from author Stephanie Butland

Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never, ever show you.

Into her hiding place - the bookstore where she works - come a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries.

Someone has found out about her mysterious past. Will Loveday survive her own heartbreaking secrets?

Praise for The Lost for Words Bookshop:

"The Lost for Words Bookshop pushes all my bookish buttons."—Red (Books to Read)

"Quirky, clever and unputdownable."—Katie Fforde

"Burns fiercely with love and hurt. A rare and beautiful novel."—Linda Green, bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed

About Stephanie Butland

Stephanie Butland lives with her family near the sea in the North East of England. She writes in a studio at the bottom of her garden, and when she's not writing, she trains people to think more creatively. For fun, she reads, knits, sews, bakes, and spins. She is an occasional performance poet.Stephanie is the author of The Lost for Words Bookshop.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on May 23, 2018

Booklover, bookworm, booknerd, bibliophile--whatever you prefer to be called--this is a book for you! “Who wouldn’t rescue a book?” Touching read about a bookseller with a dark past who finds solace in books. When she finds a lost book, she doesn’t expect to connect with its owner in a way that......more

Goodreads review by Norma ~ The Sisters on July 21, 2018

Well what is better than reading a book that speaks to you like a book and has so many references of books that is so easily relatable to? THE LOST FOR WORDS BOOKSHOP! THE LOST FOR WORDS BOOKSHOP by STEPHANIE BUTLAND is a wonderfully charming, light, moving, and endearing tale that is set in the grea......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on June 12, 2018

4 bibliophile stars to The Lost for Words Bookshop! 📚 📚 📚 📚 My friend, Melisa, spotted this book even before it was listed on Netgalley. When I heard about it, I knew I had to read it, too. Loveday Cardew is an introvert known to prefer books to people. Any of us could relate to her bibliophile ways......more

Goodreads review by JanB on November 07, 2018

Here I am again, in the outlier club. Did I read the same book as everyone else? Or is it just me? I picked this book up because I'd heard it described as a book for booklovers, and a charming book for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. I didn't find it charming, nor was the comparison to E......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 11, 2018

I enjoyed this story about a quirky young lady named Loveday Cardew, with nose ring and first sentences of novels tattooed on her body, who has worked in a bookshop in York since she was fifteen years old. Loveday had spent years in a foster home after a tragedy happened in her family life, and she......more