Beginning ~ with something awful (or maybe awfully good)

The Bookshop on the Corner ~ by Jenny Colgan, 2016, fiction

The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things.  It would be lovely, wouldn't it, whenever you're going through something difficult, if someone could just tap you on the shoulder and say, "Don't worry, it's completely worth it."

The illustration I used above advertised an event that occurred in 2016, but you can read the pdf about it by clicking this link.  When asked for a summary of this book, the author got it all in one sentence.

"It's about a girl, Nina, who loses her job in a library and decides to build her own bookshop in a van and hit the road!"

When asked about her writing habits, Jenny Colgan said, "I go to the gym, then I sit down in a cafe for 2 hours and write 2,500 words.  And that's all it is.  Just keep typing!"  Okay, the book drew me in.

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