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The Bookshop of Secrets

By: Mollie Rushmeyer
Narrated by: Lesa Wilson
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A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy…and her future.



Hope Sparrow has mastered the art of outrunning her tragic past, learning never to stay anywhere too long and never to allow anyone control over her life again. Coming to Wanishin Falls in search of her family's history already feels too risky. But somewhere in the towering stacks of this dusty old bookshop are the books that hold Hope's last ties to her late mother—and to a rumored family treasure that could help her start over.

Only, the bookshop is in shambles, and the elderly owner is in the beginning stages of dementia and can’t remember where the books lie. To find the last links to the loved ones she's lost, Hope must stay and accept help from the townsfolk to locate the treasured volumes. Each secret she uncovers brings her closer to understanding where she came from. But the longer she stays in the quaint town, the more people find their way into the cracks in her heart. And letting them in may be the greatest risk of all… Christian Fiction Clean & Wholesome Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Heartfelt
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Okay, three things for me. The first is this book is very heavy on finding Faith, and is littered with religious references throughout. Given the synopsis, I wasn't expecting that at all. I was okay with it, but if you're not, then this is most definitely not the book for you.

The second issue was the constant mispronounced Jane Eyre. The narrator continued to pronounce it like Jane Ire, It's not, it's sounds like Jane Ayre or more simply, sounds like Air. Given that books play a prominent role in the story, and that it's the job of those within the industry to get things like that correct, it drove me batty! I don't know who decided that was the way to pronounce Eyre, but they've messed up badly. The constant references to Faith I wasn't expecting, but I understood it in context within the story. Every time I heard that mispronounced name, however, well, let's just say it was nearly a deal breaker for me to carry on listening.

There are also mentions of abuse and human trafficking. Nothing graphic, but it could be triggering for some people who have a history of abuse.

With those three things out of the way. This was a pleasant enough story. I don't think I'll buy another from the author, but this was good enough to take up a Saturday in my reading nook.

If you can cope with the things I have mentioned, you might like this, but if any of those things grate on you, then this is probably a hard pass.

It's not quite what I expected.

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