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The banned bookshop of Maggie Banks : a novel / Shauna Robinson.

Robinson, Shauna, (author.).

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"From acclaimed author Shauna Robinson comes a bookish, millennial story about a young woman looking to start a new chapter in her life, and in doing so finds a community built around the books we love and the stories we can't forget. Who decides which stories are worth telling? Maggie Banks's life is a bit of a mess. After losing a job and moving back home with her parents, she's desperate for a new Life Plan. So when her best friend asks for help running her struggling bookstore in the quaint town of Bells River, Maggie jumps on the opportunity. She doesn't even like books, per se, but anything's better than obsessively checking job boards from her childhood bedroom. It turns out Maggie's not prepared for small-town life. More specifically, the strict rules enforced by the local historical society: the bookstore is only allowed to sell "classics". But with a town full of people looking for fresh stories, Maggie knows she'll have to get creative to keep the store afloat. And so begins Maggie's underground book club: fun, goofy, and totally against the rules. Catering to the stories folks actually want to read and making fun of the stuffy "classics", Maggie falls in love with books and realizes the power stories have to build community. But with a historical society itching to catch her and shut her down for good, and a budding relationship with an adorably strait-laced inspector weighing on her conscience, everything starts to fall apart. And just as Maggie feels herself becoming a part of the community, she unearths a town secret that could ruin everything. She'll have to figure out what's more important: the books that formed a small town's history, or the stories poised to change it all."

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781728246444
  • ISBN: 172824644X
  • Physical Description: 329 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks, [2022]
Subject: Booksellers and bookselling > Fiction.
Book clubs (Bookselling) > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
African American authors > Fiction.
History > Societies, etc. > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Genre: Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 14 of 16 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Carthage Public.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Carthage Public Library FIC Robinson, Shauna (Text) 34MO2001814501 Adult Fiction Available -

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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks : A Novel
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks : A Novel
by Robinson, Shauna
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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks : A Novel


"A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken." -- Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Part of Your World and The Friend Zone I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Banks, believed in following the rules. When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town clientele. But running a bookstore in a town with a famously bookish history isn't easy. Bell River's literary society insists on keeping the bookstore stuck in the past, and Maggie is banned from selling anything written this century. So, when a series of mishaps suddenly tip the bookstore toward ruin, Maggie will have to get creative to keep the shop afloat. And in Maggie's world, book rules are made to be broken. To help save the store, Maggie starts an underground book club, running a series of events celebrating the books readers actually love. But keeping the club quiet, selling forbidden books, and dodging the literary society is nearly impossible. Especially when Maggie unearths a town secret that could upend everything. Maggie will have to decide what's more important: the books that formed a small town's history, or the stories poised to change it all.

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