Synopses & Reviews
Once you let a book into your life the most unexpected things can happen: Like the bestselling historical novel and Netflix film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a heartwarming reminder of why we love books.
Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara:
Sara traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her book-loving pen
pal Amy, but when she arrives she finds Amy's funeral guests just
leaving. The residents of Broken Wheel are happy to look after their
bewildered visitor — there's not much else to do in a dying small town
that's almost beyond repair. You certainly wouldn't open a bookstore.
And definitely not with Sara the tourist in charge.
You'd need a vacant storefront (Main Street is full of them), books
(Amy's house is full of them), and... customers. The bookstore might be a
little quirky. Then again, so is Sara. But Broken Wheel's own story
might be funnier, more eccentric and surprising than she thought.
Review
"[A] heartwarming and
utterly charming debut....This gentle,
intelligent Midwestern tale will captivate....An ideal book group selection,
it reminds us why we are book lovers and why it's nice to read a few
happy endings." Library Journal (Starred Review)
Review
"Touching and lively,
Bivald's genuine homage to the power of books vibrates with fondness for
small-town life and fascination with its indelible connections" Booklist
Review
"Charmingly original....sweet, quirky." Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post
Review
"A manifesto for
booksellers, booklovers, and friendship. We should all celebrate these
little bookstores, where our souls find home...one of these books you
want to live in for a while." Nina George, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop
About the Author
Katarina Bivald is the
author of the instant New York Times bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. She lives outside of Stockholm,
Sweden. She grew up working part-time in a bookshop.