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Awards for The Printed Letter Book Shop:
Finalist for 2020 Carol Award Best Contemporary
Finalist for 2020 INSPY AWARD General Fiction
ECPA Bestseller
The Printed Letter Bookshop
Love, friendship, and family find a home at the Printed Letter Bookshop.
One of Madeline Cullen’s happiest childhood memories is working with her Aunt Maddie in the quaint and cozy Printed Letter Bookshop. But by the time Madeline inherits the shop nearly twenty years later, family troubles and her own bitter losses have hardened Madeline’s heart toward her once-treasured aunt — and the now struggling bookshop left in her care.
While Madeline intends to sell the shop as quickly as possible, the Printed Letter’s two employees have other ideas. Reeling from a recent divorce, Janet finds sanctuary within the books and within the decadent window displays she creates. Claire, though quieter than the acerbic Janet, feels equally drawn to the daily rhythms of the shop and its loyal clientele, finding a renewed purpose within its walls. When Madeline’s professional life takes an unexpected turn —and a handsome gardener upends all her preconceived notions – she questions her plans and her heart, and begins to envision a new path for herself and for her aunt’s beloved shop. Yet, even working together, these three women may find their best efforts too little and too late.
The Printed Letter Bookshop is an engaging story of good books, a testament to the beauty of new beginnings and a sweet reminder of the power of friendship.
Reviews
“The Printed Letter Bookshop is a both a powerful story and a dazzling experience. Katherine Reay has the rare ability to delve into her characters private world with such clarity that they come alive on the page. Truths are slowly revealed as Reay peels back the layers of her characters and of our hearts. This novel skillfully knits together family, forgiveness and redemption with the understanding that books can change our lives and mend our souls. As three diverse women come together in a charming bookstore that needs saving, they discover that they might just save each other with the power of friendship and community. I want to give it to every woman I know — I adored falling into Reay’s world, words and bookstore. Powerful, enchanting and spirited, this novel will delight!
– Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times Bestselling Author
“The Printed Letter Bookshop is a softly elegant and invitingly intricate ode to books and the power of their communal solace. With the charm and insight of Nina George and the sheer reckless book love of Jenny Colgan, The Printed Letter Bookshop enfolds the reader in a welcome literary embrace. Reay’s natural talent of putting the reader at ease in her fictional world is evident from the first page. But the story is also deceptively accessible, for the moment you fall into its continued spell, you are confronted by a mature narrative that allows three remarkably different women to become the unlikely heroines of their own stories.”
– Rachel McMillan, author of Murder in the City of Liberty
