My Bookstore - Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop

My Bookstore our favorite writers-from Elin Hilderbrand, to John Grisham, to Dave Eggers-express their adoration and admiration for their favorite bookstores and booksellers. The relationship between a writer and her local bookstore can last for years or even decades. Often it is the author's local store that supported her during the early days of her career and that works tirelessly to introduce her work to new readers. But authors are also readers and customers, just like us. For them, as for most of us, bookstores serve as the anchor for our communities, the place that introduces us to new ideas (and new neighbors), and that sets our children on the path to becoming lifelong readers and lovers of books. Brimming with original, deeply moving, funny, and exceedingly well-crafted tributes to bookstores, from Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine (Ron Currie, Jr.) to Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon (Chuck Palahniuk) and everywhere in between, My Bookstore is a joyful celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops.

Product details

• Authors: Emily St John Mandel, Emily St. John Mandel, Leif Parsons, Ronal Rice, Ronald Rice, Richar Russo, Richard Russo
• Assisted by: Leif Parsons (Illustration), Ronal Rice (Editor), Ronald Rice (Editor), Richard Russo (Introduction), Emily St. John Mandel (Afterword)
• Publisher: Black Dog and Leventhal
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780316395076
• ISBN: 978-0-316-39507-6
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 209 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system