false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173053488m/242201.jpg 242201 2 <div>Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants-and forty bookstores. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of the author's own first book, <i>Sixpence House</i> becomes a heartfelt and often hilarious meditation on what books mean to us.<br></div> 234645 2003 Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books total:281|5:60|4:121|3:72|2:23|1:5| 281 1051 499 75 5 1 false false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 10:46:05 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 05:31:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 19:28:30 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 19:44:31 -0800 2007
Paul Collins says: Are me & my wife the only Americans who don't own or drive cars? (YES PAUL YOU ARE JUST THAT SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT. ALSO YOU ARE THE ONLY AMERICAN NAMED "PAUL." TRUE FACT.) Paul Collins says: 890 square feet wou...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 14 10:42:32 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 10:45:49 -0700 2007 Sixpence House is ostensibly Collins’ story of attempting to move his family from San Francisco to Hay-on-Wye, a small Welsh village with 1,500 inhabitants and 40 bookstores. Hay-on-Wye is an interesting place, and in the right hands, that story could be enough. Luckily for us, Paul Collins is an ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:52:14 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 13:08:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:19:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:19:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 21 07:53:56 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 07:58:07 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:24:26 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:45:19 -0800 2009
The main idea behind this book is a guy, his wife and small son moving to a tiny town in Wales. While the appeal of living in a town of bookstores is understandable, it can also be a bit of a drea...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 20:12:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 21:12:42 -0700 2009 The author and his wife move to Wales where they practice their craft of writing in a more conducive environment. Hous...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Dec 21 07:01:59 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 07:03:04 -0800 2007 Sixpence House over the weekend. Paul takes his family to Hay-On-Wye, a charming Welsh village whose claim to fame is the highest percentage of booksellers per capita in the world. They investigate buying a house while Paul works for Richard ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:37:04 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:50:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Feb 25 17:11:45 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 17:11:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Feb 08 11:39:21 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:39:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 09:11:51 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 13:41:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 04 05:13:29 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 05:13:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 09:56:40 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 10:02:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Dec 06 16:34:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 16:37:45 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Dec 17 12:49:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 12:54:10 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 05:26:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 07:57:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Mar 05 07:43:36 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 07:44:51 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 19:31:59 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 19:35:12 -0800 2008 2
A nice cozy book-about-books read.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=242201