The Book Swap
The perfect summer reading novel about book lovers, for book lovers - uplifting, moving, and full of love
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
REAL READERS LOVE THE BOOK SWAP...
'Plotted beautifully, the writing is emotive and authentic, and the characters are all perfectly drawn . . . a total triumph!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Wow, definitely one of my absolute favourites! I loved everything about it - the characters, the issues it deals with, the books . . . everything' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A touching debut novel about love, loss, and healing through books . . . perfect for readers who love emotional stories with a mix of romance and personal growth' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I hadn't anticipated the depth of emotion, the range of themes and the fabulous awareness of who we are as humans . . . simply glorious to read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Reminds me of one of my favourite films, You've Got Mail . . . [and] Erin and James are well-rounded characters with realistic issues that are holding them back' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fall in love between the pages . . .
Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea how. Then she loses her favourite book, heavily annotated and containing her friend's final words to her.
When James finds Erin's note-filled book in his local community library, he writes his own message back, and soon they are locked in an anonymous book exchange . . .
But Erin and James have a shared history that neither of them realise. How will Erin react when she discovers the other writer isn't a stranger at all - but the person she once swore she'd never forgive?
A story of second chances and new beginnings, this is a love letter to books - and a love letter to love.
YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS LOVE IT TOO...
'Catnip for any book geek' CESCA MAJOR
'It's You've Got Mail, but make it even more bookish' NIAMH HARGAN
'A gorgeous debut from tremendous Tessa Bickers' SALLY PHILLIPS
'What a gorgeous, life-affirming, bookishly beautiful novel this is!' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
'If you love books and you love love, you are going to adore The Book Swap' JULIE COHEN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bickers debuts with a fresh tale of two lonely hearts connected by their love of reading. Thirty-year-old Erin Connolly accidentally donates a heavily annotated copy of her favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird, to a community library hutch near her London flat. Making matters worse, the book held a treasured postcard from her childhood best friend, Bonnie, who died of cancer three years earlier. Browsing the hutch a few days after dropping off the novel, Erin is surprised to find it returned, with more notes, prompting her to become pen pals with her "Mystery Man" via marginalia in other books. A parallel narrative follows James, the author of the notes, who's desperate to keep Erin writing and worried she'll stop if she finds out who he is—an old friend from their school days who betrayed her to get his bullies off his case. The crisis point occurs when Erin returns home for the anniversary of Bonnie's death and has a run-in with James. The will-they-or-won't-they plot hews closely to a rom-com structure, and the setup is a bit heavy-handed, but Bickers charms in her depiction of how James and Erin bond through literature, and how literature changes their lives. This will have bookworms swooning.
