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2023: Welcome back to the Lost for Words Bookshop
Found in a Bookshop
What you need to know before your trail
Loveday Cardew’s beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.
Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books.
Suddenly it’s clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape.
And so it begins.
Travel Guide
York and its bookshops
The main location of the novel is York with its Lost for Words Bookshop. Sadly this is fictional but it’s great fun wandering around the city trying to find it. There are many indie bookshops in and around the cobbled streets and a branch of Waterstones too.
“To a booklover, a bookshop is not a place in the world, but a world in itself.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Found in a Bookshop
Destination/location: Whitby, York Author/guide: Stephanie Butland Departure Time: 2023
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