A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of Sliding Doors, The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams.
Nothing is as permanent as it appears . . .
Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, … friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. She can come and go as she pleases, answering to no one. There was a man once, a doctor named Kevin, but it didn’t quite work out the way Kitty had hoped.
Then the dreams begin.
Denver, 1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It’s everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted—but it only exists when she sleeps.
Convinced that these dreams are simply due to her overactive imagination, Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this alternate world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn’s life becomes. Can she choose which life she wants? If so, what is the cost of staying Kitty, or becoming Katharyn?
As the lines between her worlds begin to blur, Kitty must figure out what is real and what is imagined. And how do we know where that boundary lies in our own lives?
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Kept my interest all thru. Kept u wondering what’s real what’s not
What a wonderful novel. Really interesting, with the main character going into a different when she dreams. Great twists and turns. Difficult to put down!
Just finished reading this book. Kept me guessing until the very end!
Really enjoyed it! Great twists and turns .
Very original! Really kept me guessing.
I loved this book from beginning to end!! I enjoyed it so much I recommended it to my book club!!
This book is shocking in many ways.
I loved this book! Reality is not always as it seems.
I read this book but have trouble recalling the details. I read lots of books but this one was not all that memorable because it felt so much like a fairy tale.
Not what I expected at all – will definitely read again.
This was not at all what I expected in a book touting a woman dreaming of a life that could have been hers. So much deeper than the book jacket promises; beautifully written, incredibly clever and wonderful insight into social issues of the 1960s. I loved it so much I bought a copy for a friend. Well worth the time, but it won’t feel like a chore …
Very unusual but I enjoyed immensely.
I loved the story line, very relatable. A bit of a hard read too, but the author did a good job at transitioning from Kitty to Katheryn and just when I thought I had the story figured out I was wrong! We all have daydreams where we wonder what if our life was different, although the author’s daydreams were a bit far fetched, aren’t all dreams …
I loved this book. It has been compared with sliding doors. Shows how minor choices in life can alter your destiny.