Why a Booktrail?
2000s: There’s a book written for every one of us…
The Door to Door Bookstore
What you need to know before your trail
Carl may be 72 years old, but he’s young at heart. Every night he goes door-to-door delivering books by hand to his loyal customers. He knows their every desire and preference, carefully selecting the perfect story for each person.
One evening as he makes his rounds, nine-year-old Schascha appears. Loud and precocious, she insists on accompanying him – and even tries to teach him a thing or two about books.
When Carl’s job at the bookstore is threatened, will the old man and the girl in the yellow raincoat be able to restore Carl’s way of life, and return the joy of reading to his little European town?
Travel Guide
Germany
Set somewhere in Southern Germany, to be honest the town/village isn’t important – what is is the bookshop!
The real setting here is books and bookstores everywhere
“It has been said that books find their own readers—but sometimes they need someone to show them the way.”
“Those books which lie closest to our hearts are precisely the books we should give away, so that they may bring others happiness.”
“Even when an extraordinary book ends at precisely the right point, with precisely the right words, and anything further would only destroy that perfection, it still leaves us wanting more pages. That is the paradox of reading.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Door-to-Door Bookstore
Destination: Germany Author/Guide: Carsten Henn Departure Time: 2000s
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