The storied life of A. J. Fikry

By Gabrielle Zevin

Subjects: Enfants abandonnés, Cape cod (mass.), fiction, Book thefts, Large type books, Librairies, New York Times bestseller, Rare books, Romans, nouvelles, Lost and found possessions, Widowers, Veufs, Fiction, Livres rares, Man-woman relationships, Poetry, Fiction, psychological, Toddlers, Booksellers and bookselling, Relations entre hommes et femmes, Vol de livres, Booksellers and bookselling, fiction, Widowers, fiction, Abandoned children, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-05-04, Booksellers, Bookstores, Friendship

Description: A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the change; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'s world.