Bibliograph

The bookseller at the end of the world, Ruth Shaw

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The bookseller at the end of the world, Ruth Shaw

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

portraitsplatesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bookseller at the end of the world

Responsibility statement

Ruth Shaw

Summary

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand. Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about favourite books, and bittersweet stories from her full and varied life. She's sailed through the Pacific for years, been held up by pirates, worked at Sydney's Kings Cross with drug addicts and prostitutes, campaigned on numerous environmental issues, and worked the yacht Breaksea Girl with her husband, Lance. Underlining all her wanderings and adventures are some very deep losses and longheld pain. Balancing that out is her beautiful love story with Lance, and her delightful sense of humour. This will make you weep and make you laugh and make you want to read more books and make you want to visit Ruth and her two wee bookshops

Target audience

adult

Creator