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nLook for Amy Meyersons new novel The Imperfects, a captivating literary page-turner. nTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER n nBest Books of Summer 2018 Selection by Philadelphia Inquirer and Library Journal n nPart mystery and part drama, Meyerson uses a complex family dynamic in The Bookshop of Yesterdays to spotlight the importance of truth and our need for forgiveness. --Associated Press n nA woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. n nMiranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric Uncle Billys bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Mirandas twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Mirandas life. She doesnt hear from him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy--and one final scavenger hunt. n nWhen Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books--now as its owner--she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the stores shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billys last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billys past, people whose stories reveal a history that Mirandas mother has kept hidden--and the terrible secret that tore her family apart. n nBighearted and trenchantly observant, The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. Its a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.n
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