bookstore

April 2022-04-05 09:01:07

Her love at first sight husband left her during World War II, and Florence lives alone in a small town. When the loneliness was unbearable, she would sit by the sea with a book until the sun went down. Mr. Browndig, who was deeply in love with marriage, hid in his own manor, Holt House, in a small town after he broke up, letting the town residents arrange his wife's whereabouts, and immersed himself in reading blindly. Many people will think that the story of "The Bookstore" goes like this: Sitting on the beach reading interesting and meaningful books, the idea of ​​opening a bookstore arises spontaneously in Florence's mind. After the opening of the bookstore, Florence has a connection with Mr. Browndish, who is claustrophobic after a failed marriage. Using the book as a medium, the fire of love is rekindled in the hearts of the lonely man and the widow, and the two happy people work together during the day. The only bookstore in the town for many years, they returned to the Holt House together in the evening. The Holt House, which had been silent for a long time, was full of laughter and laughter ever since.

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  • Jayne 2022-04-22 07:01:56

    "Understanding makes the mind lazy." "You'd really do that? Really? Come out of your seclusion for me? → Indeed I will." "She had fulfilled the dream, and they'd snatched it away from her. But what she possessed deep down was something no one could ever take away from her. Her courage. And it was that courage and her passion for books that she bequeathed to me, along with the Chinese lacquered tray.”“How right she was when she said that no one ever feels alone in a bookshop."【Julie Christie - Narrator (uncredited)】

  • Conner 2022-04-22 07:01:56

    A little boring, but the story is good.

The Bookshop quotes

  • Florence Green: You mustn't think I don't want to consider you for the job, its just that you don't really look old enough - or strong enough.

    Christine: That happens after first glance. You look old; but, you don't look strong. Its all the same anyway. We're all available.

  • Edmund Brundish: That harpy. What she wants is an: arts center. Now, I ask you, what the hell does this damn village need with an arts center? And how could art have a center? But, she's got it into her head that it does.