The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend..., Katarina Bivald
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend..., Katarina Bivald
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

Author: Katarina Bivald

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham, Lorelei King

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/19/2016


Synopsis

A debut novel to charm all readers, that shows beyond all doubt that it's books, along with love, that make the world go round.
     It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken Wheel, Iowa. After years of exchanging books, letters and thoughts on the meaning of literature and life, Sara, mousy, disheveled, who has never been anywhere in her life--has really lived only for her work in a beloved bookshop, which has just closed its doors for the last time--bravely decides to accept her unknown friend's invitation to visit. But when she arrives, she finds her house empty, the funeral guests just heading home. . .
     Sara finds herself alone. And what choice do the inhabitants of Broken Wheel have but to take care of their bewildered tourist? And what choice does Sara have, faced with a town where nobody reads and her desire to honour her friend, but to set up the perfect bookshop with all the books she and Amy shared--from Yann Martel's Life of Pi to Iris Murdoch and Jo Nesbo, to Bridget Jones and Doug Coupland's All Families Are Psychotic to Little House on the Prairie? And then watch as the townsfolk are, one by one, transformed in unexpected ways. . .
     In the glorious tradition of 84 Charing Cross Road, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, Will Schwalbe's The End of Your Life Book Club, Jane Austen, and movies such as You've Got Mail and Love Actually, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a big-hearted, witty book about books, friendship, love--and always being open to the unexpected.


About The Author

KATARINA BIVALD grew up working part-time in a bookshop. Today she lives in Älta, Sweden, with her sister and as many bookshelves as she can squeeze in. She has still not decided whether she prefers books or people.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Irena BookDustMagic on December 19, 2020

This book should have come with the big note on its cover that says ''WARNING: SPOILERS INSIDE''. You see, this book is a book written by a book lover for other booklovers. And do you know what book lovers like to do? Talk about books. Discuss plot developmets. They often compare one story to another,......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on December 09, 2015

Although the premise seems a bit odd, stranger things have happened in real life so I just accepted that a young girl from Sweden would travel to a tiny town in Iowa , called Broken Wheel to stay with a woman that she only knew from exchanging letters and books . These letters, at least the ones fro......more

Goodreads review by Megan on December 31, 2015

What's better than books and a good love story? Let's see...oh yeah, nothing. Seriously, I'm a sucker when it comes to feel-good love stories, and if you've been following me or this blog for any length of time then you know full and well that books are my absolute weakness. Ever wonder whether I'm a......more

Goodreads review by Esil on January 03, 2016

The Readers of Broken Wheel is ridiculously predictable, superficial, full of improbabilities, at times painfully sentimental and definitely a book that could have used a ruthless editor to shorten it. So let me explain why I gave it 3 stars rather than 2 or less. At its core, the story is an ode to......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on June 12, 2023

If you read and enjoyed “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” you will enjoy this feel-good, charming novel. “The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend” is a book-lover’s book. Not only are book referenced, but author Katarina Bivald quietly applies the references into situations. This isn’t literature, but......more