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Rachel N.
Nina is a librarian in Birmingham, England. Her library closes and Nina decides to buy a large van in Scotland and turn it into a traveling book shop. Nina rents a beautiful former barn owned by Lennox, a farmer going through a nasty divorce. She's attracted to a Latvian train conductor who she meets when her van is stuck on a train track and she's nearly killed. It was really obvious who Nina was going to end up with and I wish the author had used real books instead of made up ones for Nina to ...more
Susan
Mar 13, 2023 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
3.5 stars, enjoyed another of her happy ending feel good books.
Jen Pratt
Nov 22, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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What a great book for people like me who love books! Nina gets laid off from her job as a librarian and gets the idea to have a little bookshop out of a van. She is timid by nature so this is such a giant leap, but she ends up moving and it turns out mostly better than she hoped. There is a little romance and some great characters! I enjoyed the descriptions of Scotland. There were a few wise quotes throughout I really liked:

“It would be lovely, wouldn’t it, whenever you’re going through somethi
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Martha
Dec 30, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Great way to wind down a year of reading.
Sara
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Pam
Aug 16, 2017 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Soelo
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Martha
Apr 27, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Janet
Dec 26, 2018 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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Sara
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