Brimming with original, deeply moving, funny, and exceedingly well-crafted tributes to bookstores, from Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine (Ron Currie, Jr.) to Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon (Chuck Palahniuk) and everywhere in between, My Bookstore is a joyful celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops. For them, as for most of us, bookstores serve as the anchor for our communities, the place that introduces us to new ideas (and new neighbors), and that sets our children on the path to becoming lifelong readers and lovers of books. But authors are also readers and customers, just like us. Often it is the author's local store that supported her during the early days of her career and that works tirelessly to introduce her work to new readers. Leif Parsons is an award-winning illustrator whos work has been published in the New York Times and Harpers. My Bookstore is the enthusiastic, heartfelt, sometimes humorous tribute by 92 known authors to their. The relationship between a writer and her local bookstore can last for years or even decades. Brimming with original, deeply moving, funny, and exceedingly well-crafted tributes to bookstores, from Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine (Ron Currie, Jr.) to Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon (Chuck Palahniuk) and everywhere in between, My Bookstore is a joyful celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops.My Bookstore our favorite writers-from Elin Hilderbrand, to John Grisham, to Dave Eggers-express their adoration and admiration for their favorite bookstores and booksellers.

Often it is the author's local store that supported her during the early days of her career and that works tirelessly to introduce her work to new readers. The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. The relationship between a writer and her local bookstore can last for years or even decades. In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. My Bookstore our favorite writers-from Elin Hilderbrand, to John Grisham, to Dave Eggers-express their adoration and admiration for their favorite bookstores and booksellers.

My Bookstore by Ronald Rice