Ordinarily, i distrust a narrative strategy such as the one cynthia swanson employs for her novel, the bookseller. But its impossible to know truthfully what our parallel universe might be like. The bookseller is a firsttime novel for cynthia swanson. Set in 1960s denver, the bookseller tells the story of a nevermarried bookstore owner whos caught between a dream life and a real life. She lives alone with her cat, loves her parents, owns half of a failing bookstore, and has stopped wondering whether there isnt something more to life. Mar 22, 2016 the bookseller by cynthia swanson 1962. Randy susan meyers, author of accidents of marriage. Set in denver in the 1960s, the bookseller is the story of a woman caught between a dream life and a real life. The catowning spinster coowner of a struggling independent bookstore begins to. When she goes to sleep each night, kitty leaves her world as a bookseller and slides almost seamlessly into her dream life as katharyn, aka mrs.
Julia roberts to star in the bookseller optioned by. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the bookseller. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality. The protagonist, coowner of a small independent bookstore in denver, dreams of an alternative reality, a life that parallels her own.
Swansons protagonist, the bookseller, is a single woman, in her late thirties in 1962, quite a bit older than the budding young feminists we read about today. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the bookseller. Wisconsin library association outstanding achievement award 2015. The answers in this affecting debut novel are truly surprising. Cynthia swanson s the bookseller is both a delightful and haunting exploration of identity, love and loss. Title the bookseller website, goodreads, amazon author cynthia swanson website, goodreads published march 3rd 2015. The bookseller by cynthia swanson overview a provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Romantic times in the bookseller, writing with a sharptinged empathic pen, cynthia swanson takes us on a startling journey where a woman is thrust into the alternative world that might have. The bookseller won the 2016 willa award for historical fiction and has been translated into a dozen languages. Aug 21, 2018 the bookseller is cynthia swansons debut novel. Kitty miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. In the bookseller, debut novelist cynthia swanson portrays one character in two distinctive lives. Its the story of a complicated family in which one member goes missing.
The bookseller, her first novel, was an indie next pick and is being translated into eleven languages. Mar 22, 2016 the bookseller by cynthia swanson, 9780062333018, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The bookseller is about a single woman in the early 1960s. Shes quite content, but begins to have vivid dreams of. In the bookseller, swanson takes us on a startling journey where a woman is thrust into an alternate world that might have been, if she had made different decisions. The bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile he. In real life, we dont get to experience the butterfly effect that is, we cannot know what might have been, had a single, outwardly small circumstance been altered. I finished this novel, covertocover, in nearly one sitting. Kitty never her stuffy given name, katharyn is single and 40ish.
In the bookseller, writing with a sharptinged empathic pen, cynthia swanson takes us on a startling journey where a woman is thrust into the alternative world that might have been, had she made different choices. In 1962, kitty wakes in katharyns bed next to katharyns husband, lars. I was really intrigued by this book s blurb, so i waited for my turn to read it at my local librarys wilbor page. Cynthia swanson is the usa today bestselling author of the glass forest and the bookseller. Denvers cynthia swanson talks about her debut novel, the. It is the details, however, that haunt 38yearold kitty miller, protagonist of cynthia swansons the bookseller. She has published short fiction in th moon, kalliope, sojourner, and other periodicals. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Set in denver in the early 1960s, cynthia swanson s the bookseller pulls us directly and immediately into the world of kitty miller. The city of denver plays a major role in the book, too.
She has published short fiction in numerous journals and been a pushcart prize nominee. The bookseller by cynthia swanson is a story about a woman who starts to find the life she leads in her dream to be much more fulfilling than her real one. Joanna hershon, author of a dual inheritance i inhaled the bookseller a deeply satisfying read. It was announced thursday that the production company optioned cynthia. She has published short fiction in numerous journals and been a. The bookseller ebook by cynthia swanson rakuten kobo. She runs a book shop and as an unmarried woman has not followed the conventional life path of the time. My new york times bestselling debut novel the bookseller harpercollins, 2015 tells the story of kitty miller a single woman in her late 30s who owns a bookshop with her best friend and begins to have nightly dreams of an alternative reality in which shes a married woman. March 3, 2015 the catowning spinster coowner of a struggling independent bookstore begins to experience more. With great style and compassion, the author asks the ageold question. The bookseller 2015 is my new york times bestselling debut novel.
It is interesting, intriguing, and ultimately satisfying. Cynthia swanson is the new york times bestselling author of the bookseller, which is slated to be a motion picture starring julia roberts. The bookseller is wellwritten and the genre is wellexecuted. The bookseller by cynthia swanson, 9780062333001, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Give me your next book now, please if you havent already recent comments.
An indie next selection and the winner of the 2016 willa award for historical fiction, the bookseller was also nominated for the goodreads choice award and the mpiba reading the west award. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Mar 03, 2015 it is the details, however, that haunt 38yearold kitty miller, protagonist of cynthia swansons the bookseller. Book store coowner katharyn kitty miller learns that even tiny changes can drastically alter the outcome of ones entire life in the novel the bookseller by cynthia swanson. When she begins having dreams about an alternate reality katharyn must. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel that will keep you turning pages into the early hours, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who wrestles to reconcile her daily life as a single bookstore owner with the alternate reality she suddenly begins to dream about each night, in which she is a happilymarried wife and mother.
The bookseller by cynthia swanson creates more than the flipping back and forth between the two realities presented on the pageit beckons the reader to ponder the roads they, too, did not take and find themselves daydreaming about. Swanson s debut novel is slightly mysterious and thoroughly engrossing, one of those books that will stay with the reader long after it is complete. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It may be the swinging sixties in new york, but in denver as in many other american cities its different. The bookseller, the debut novel by denvers cynthia swanson, was published earlier this month, earning a spot on the indie next list and comparisons to the gywneth paltrow movie sliding. As cynthia swanson, the debut novelist of this trippy tome, has said herself. For me, that is one of the major perks of this novel. Shes quite content, but begins to have vivid dreams of an alternate reality where she is a happy. Classification fiction summary kitty miller enjoys her life as a single lady who owns a bookstore with her best friend frieda. Mar 22, 2016 the bookseller by cynthia swanson creates more than the flipping back and forth between the two realities presented on the pageit beckons the reader to ponder the roads they, too, did not take and find themselves daydreaming about. Mar 03, 2015 cynthia swanson is a writer and designer. Katharynkitty, the main character kept me engrossed in this novel from page one.
The bookseller book arapahoe libraries bibliocommons. Julia roberts to star in adaptation of cynthia swansons the. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 19. Apr 10, 2015 the bookseller by cynthia swanson is a story about a woman who starts to find the life she leads in her dream to be much more fulfilling than her real one. Mar 22, 2016 the bookseller by cynthia swanson a provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams.
Cynthia swanson of denver is the author of the bookseller. Read the bookseller a novel by cynthia swanson available from rakuten kobo. However, as her dreams of her alternative life become more and more real, kitty wonders if she is really as satisfied. A novel 9781481524971 by cynthia swanson and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. When she begins having dreams about an alternate reality katharyn must come to grips with the truth about her life. Written by cynthia swanson, audiobook narrated by kathe mazur.
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