Bookish

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As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others. As an adult, she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important question: (how) do books prepare us for life? ‘Bookish’ picks up where ‘Bookworm’ left off: at the cusp of teenage, when everything – including the way we read – undergoes a not-so-subtle transformation. Revisiting the books of all genres, that ferried her through each important stage of life, ‘Bookish’ is a coming-of-age in books. It’s an ode to our favourite bookish spaces – from the smallest second-hand bookstalls to libraries, glorious big bookshops and our very own book rooms – and a love story to how books not only shelter our souls through hard times and help us find ourselves when we feel lost, but also help us connect with the people we love through shared stories.

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‘A bookworm’s delight’ Sara Collins
‘Funny, warm and charming’ Marian Keyes
‘Like butter on toast: perfect’ Caitlin Moran

A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around.

From well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels and other not-so-guilty pleasures Bookish brims with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations. This is an ode to the bookish places – from local libraries to bookshops big and small – and the stories that make us who we are.

‘Comforting, funny and moving – Bookish is wonderful to curl up with on good days and bad’ Sali Hughes
‘An affectionate, warm guide on the healing power of reading’ i News
‘Mangan makes for a wonderfully incisive critic and can pick apart a George Orwell with the same perspicacity with which she can, say, a Jack Reacher’ Observer

READER’S LOVE BOOKISH

‘A perfect read for all of us under the spellbinding influence of books!’
‘I found myself laughing at her wit and nodding in agreement at the books she loves’
‘Perfect book for bookworms and you’ll feel as if you’ve found your tribe.’
‘This is a book which will fill every bookworm’s heart with joy!’
‘A perfect read for all of us under the spellbinding influence of books!’
‘Would again make a perfect gift for any bookish bookworm’
‘If you love books – and I mean really, really, love them, you should buy this book.’
‘I have never felt more seen.’

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Weight 0.216 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.8 × 1.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

304

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

028.9092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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