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The Bookseller at the End of the World
Ruth ShawA rich, immersive, funny & heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs 2 tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand.
"An extraordinary story."—Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller
Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about favorite books, & bittersweet stories from her full & varied life.
She's sailed through the Pacific for years, been held up by pirates, worked @ Sydney's Kings Cross with drug addicts & prostitutes, campaigned on numerous environmental issues, & worked the yacht Breaksea Girl with her husband, Lance.
Underlining all her wanderings & adventures are some very deep losses & long-held pain. Balancing that out is her beautiful love story with Lance, & her delightful sense of humor.
This will make you weep and make you laugh & make you want to read more books - & make you want to visit Ruth & her 2 wee bookshops.
"Shaw's writing is pragmatic & restrained; her voice is so strong & assured that when grief appears you gasp at its intrusion & your heart stops a second."—Alexa Dretzke, Readings Hawthorn
"Amazing!"—Jack Tame, Newstalk ZB
"A fascinating, funny & moving story."—Nicky Pellegrino, NZ Woman's Weekly
"Shaw can write about these peaks & troughs [of her life] without a skerrick of maudlin introspection or mawkishness. Battered & emotionally bruised, she marches on. In a word, dauntless, & it's exactly this quality that makes this memoir so readable."—Chris Moore, NZ Listener
"Utterly charming & filled with equal measures of heartbreak & humour, Ruth Shaw's memoir will have you booking the 1st flight to NZ to share a cup of tea @ her Wee Bookshops. Shaw has been a cook, a nurse, sailor & world traveller, & endured immeasurable loss. But w/ Lance, the love of her life, Shaw has found her place bookselling in Fiordland."—Booksellers' Choice Oz
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