The Bookseller: A Novel
Mar 2015 · Harper Collins
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In 1960s Colorado, a shy bookseller must reconcile her quiet life with the tantalizing world of her dreams.
Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller once loved a doctor named Kevin, but it didn't work out the way she had hoped. Now she leads a quiet life, running a bookshop with her best friend and enjoying the freedom that comes with being single. Then the dreams begin.
Denver, 1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It's everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted—but it only exists when she sleeps.
Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this dream world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn's life becomes. As the lines between dream and reality begin to blur, Kitty must figure out what is real and what is imagined . . .
Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller once loved a doctor named Kevin, but it didn't work out the way she had hoped. Now she leads a quiet life, running a bookshop with her best friend and enjoying the freedom that comes with being single. Then the dreams begin.
Denver, 1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It's everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted—but it only exists when she sleeps.
Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this dream world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn's life becomes. As the lines between dream and reality begin to blur, Kitty must figure out what is real and what is imagined . . .
In 1960s Colorado, a shy bookseller must reconcile her quiet life with the tantalizing world of her dreams.
Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller once loved a doctor named Kevin, but it didn't work out the way she had hoped. Now she leads a quiet life, running a bookshop with her best friend and enjoying t...
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Starr
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February 12, 2016
The story is creative and the reader is left tying puzzle it all together as is often the case with Kitty/Kathryn. I think my issue with it is that the switching between realities is really delightfully messy and the ending is very tidy, in a way that is almost incongruous with the rest of the story.
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Danice McCauley
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September 11, 2017
I really enjoyed this book. It caught my attention because I moved to the Denver area in the mid-60's and I recognized the places the author was referring to in the story. Then the story caught my attention because I've had a few moments in life where everything changed in an instant and I've wondered how life would have progressed if the change hadn't occurred or the circumstance had been altered in some way and this story takes that thought and moves with it. It weaves you in and out within the life of the storyteller and within the lives of the people who really lived and worked in the area at that time. It mesmerized me from beginning to end. A terrific read!
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Matthew Frazier
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September 15, 2016
Should be much shorter, but still needs a few more chapters near the end.
About the author
Cynthia Swanson is a writer and designer. She has published short fiction in 13th Moon, Kalliope, Sojourner, and other periodicals; her story in 13th Moon was a Pushcart Prize nominee. The Bookseller, her first novel, was an Indie Next pick and is being translated into eleven languages.
Cynthia Swanson is a writer and designer. She has published short fiction in 13th Moon, Kalliope, Sojourner, and other periodicals; her story in 13th Moon was a Pushcart Prize nominee. The Bookseller, her first novel, was an Indie Next pick and is being translated into eleven languages.
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