In the tradition ofThe Cookbook Collectorcomes a funny, romantic novel about a young woman finding her calling while saving a used bookstore.
Maggie Dupr?s, recently involuntarily separated from payroll at a Silicon Valley startup, is whiling away her days in The Dragonfly's Used Books, a Mountain View institution, waiting for the Next Big Thing to come along.
When the opportunity arises for her to network at a Bay Area book club, she jumps at the chance-even if it means having to read
Lady Chatterley's Lover, a book she hasn't encountered since college, in an evening. But the edition she finds at the bookstore is no Penguin Classics
Chatterley-it's an ancient hardcover with notes in the margins between two besotted lovers of long ago. What Maggie finds in her search for the lovers and their fate, and what she learns about herself in the process, will surprise and move readers.
Witty and sharp-eyed in its treatment of tech world excesses, but with real warmth at its core,The Moment of Everythingis a wonderful read.
Shelly King is a native Southerner who packed her bags and moved to Silicon Valley at the beginning of the Internet boom. She works for a major software company as a social media strategist and information architect. Her stories have been published in the
GW Review,
Epiphany,
Slow Trains, the
Dos Passos Review, and the
Coe Review. She lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her husband, two big dogs, and a disapproving cat.
Anyone with a romantic streak and a soft spot for independent bookstores (and crabby cats) will want to curl up in a cozy corner with this sweet and tender novel.
TheCleveland Plain Dealer Shelly King's novel is any true book-lover's dream. Clever, honest, and satisfying, the book follows Maggie Dupres as she tries to find her way after being laid off from her Silicon Valll£3
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