Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

by Gabrielle Zeven
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:258
Year of Publication:2014
Date Added:06/22/2014
Date Read:10/23/2015
Notes:A.J. Fikry is the owner of Island Books on a small island off Massachusetts. He's a widow and determined to drink himself to death. One day, a toddler girl, Maya, is left in his store. He decides to raise her, which changes his attitude about life. He courts and marries Amy, the bookseller who visits three times a year. When Maya is in high school, A.J. gets brain cancer and dies. He spends his last days making a list of good short stories for his daughter. After he's dead, his sister-in-law and a local cop take over the store. Maya becomes a writer.
My Rating: 5

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Review - Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

A cute little story about a bookstore. What could be wrong with that. Except that this story is basically about books and bookstores as religion and there really isn't much of a point except that reading is life or something vague like that. And as has become the norm, the author, Zevin, uses her characters to state her own position on atheism and morality.

Reviewed by Roger on 2015-10-23 22:52:40

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