The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

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Author: Gabrielle Zevin

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2014

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

The irascible A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books—the only bookstore on Alice Island—has already lost his wife. Now his most prized possession, a rare book, has been stolen from right under his nose in the most embarrassing of circumstances. The store itself, it seems, will be next to go.

One night upon closing, he discovers a toddler in his children’s section with a note from her mother pinned to her Elmo doll: “I want Maya to grow up in a place with books and among people who care about such kinds of things. I love her very much, but I can no longer take care of her.” A search for Maya’s mother, A. J.’s rare book, and good childcare advice ensues, but it doesn’t take long for the locals to notice the transformation of both bookstore and owner, something of particular interest to the lovely yet eccentric Knightley Press sales rep, Amelia Loman, who makes the arduous journey to Alice Island thrice each year to pitch her books to the cranky owner.

About Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin is the author of many popular books for teens, including Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, and In the Age of Love and Chocolate, the final novel in the Birthright trilogy. Her novels for adults are Margarettown, The Hole We’re In, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, and the New York Times best-selling Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. She was also the screenwriter for Conversations with Other Women, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Zevin is a graduate of Harvard University. After many years on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, she recently moved to Silver Lake, Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Delee on February 20, 2017

5+ We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. Once in a while a book comes along that captures your heart and soul- where the characters become like friends and family, and a part of you wants to pack a bag and travel to that magical......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro on June 11, 2015

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give... ...and I am truly glad that it didn't took me so long to read it!!! The words you can't find, you borrow... Maybe I could find the words but honestly, that first quote from this wonde......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on December 16, 2014

"There ain't nobody in the world like book people." It's a bit embarrassing to admit how emotional this book made me. I'm not even a fan of Zevin's work; I quite liked the concept behind Elsewhere but not the execution, and I pretty much hated All These Things I've Done. But this book is just so......more

Goodreads review by karen on June 26, 2018

A town isn't a town without a bookstore. while it's true that this is the literary equivalent of a stone skipped over a pond, it's a pretty damn charming stone. reading about other booknerds, even when they are better described as bookcranks, is delightful to me. A Novel Bookstore, Salamander, Mr. Pe......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on March 28, 2016

This is the most precious, adorable, cutesy-wootsey bunch of tripe I have ever read in my life. How is this book so popular? It's cliché after cliché after cliché ad nauseam. Ugh. A grumpy-grumpy bookseller who is a widower leads a sad and lonely Scrooge-like life until a chubby, perfect, articulate,......more