Yes, she does have a knack for creating interesting characters, but I found the ending kind of depressing, and life in Hardborough...also kind of depressing. I think I'm ready for something a little deeper...=0)

Wow, this was boring! I don't usually mind a slow pace as long as the story is good or the descriptions are vivid and interesting, but I just didn't get anything out of this one. And I missed the humor too, I guess it was waaayyy too dry for me.

A widow decides to open a bookshop in a town that doesn't have a book store, and only too late begins to suspect the truth...that a town
choosing to survive.

I loved this book! The language was perfectly chosen, the situations made me smile, and I even had to read some of it aloud to my husband.

Florence Green(the widow) is to be admired for her wit, and her innocent courage, that comes from simply choosing to survive. As Balzac said, the ordinariness of human lives can never be a measure of the effort it takes to keep them going.

This was a good enough story but the ending was kind of depressing.

By the celebrated British author, this book is a tiny gem, one that packs a lot of small-town psychology into a delightful story. There is humor as well as curiosity.

This is a short read and thoroughly enjoyable. Meant to be read slowly to understand the sprinkles of British humor in one line sentences as well as whole paragraphs. This is a story of a widow that buys an old building and starts a book shop with a lending library in a small town in Britain. The area is near a fishing area and its written so well you can smell the fish. The shopowner deals with the banker, the accountant, her employees and her customers in a very dry witty way. The heighth of the story is a customer asking for the classic erotic book Lolita. Once she decides to stock the book business rockets upward. She tries to expand through getting the building registerd as a historic place and has to endure the politics to get it done. A must read for bookshop owners and other people who frequent bookshops.

This is an interesting story about the downsides of living in a small village in Great Britain. It is well told, if slightly depressing. A quick read.

A middle-aged widow opens a book shop in a tiny coastal village. Extremely dry British wit.

Fabulous read.

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Very short - Written in English but the British way of phrasing took some deciphering, conversations sometimes left me a bit confused - interesting characters - disappointing ending

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