Sarah Jio

When librarian Valentina Baker was a teenager, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own. In a bittersweet twist of fate, Val receives word that Eloise has passed away, leaving Val her Primrose Hill apartment and the deed to a bookshop Val never knew she'd owned. As Val begins to piece together Eloise's life in the UK, she learns more about Eloise than she ever thought possible. And as Val races to save the bookshop, Eloise's own story unfolds, leading both mother and daughter to unearth revelatory truths. Author of "All the Flowers in Paris." Print run 20,000.

With Love from London

Josie Middleton 

What makes books more special than, say, a movie, is that you can hold them. When your own world feels bleak, a book is a portal to anywhere. You can hide within the pages, linger there for comfort or protection. 

Yes, the sun would shine tomorrow, and the next day and the next, and I’d continue on the hamster wheel, pretending to be happy, pretending that everything was fine... pretending.

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