The Lost Bookshop

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The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.

‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.

But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.

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Freyja8 / 10

“Evie Woods’ The Lost Bookshop is a story of magical realism that spans two different eras. In the 1920s, Opaline takes control of her own life, but the attitudes of the time toward women present obstacles for her. In the present day, Martha, fleeing an abusive husband, and Henry, searching for a lost manuscript, meet. All three main characters are united by…”

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Evie Woods

In the windswept quiet of Ireland’s west coast, where history lingers in the air and stories hide between cobblestones, Evie Woods found her voice. Writing under a name as lyrical as the prose she’s known for, Woods invites readers into worlds where magic slips gently into the mundane, where lost letters find their…

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