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The readers of Broken Wheel recommend

by Bivald, Katarina, 1983-

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Summary

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller!

Katarina Bivald's The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a sweet, smart, and uplifting story about how books find us, change us, and connect us.

Once you let a book into your life the most unexpected things can happen: Like the bestselling historical novel and Netflix film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a heartwarming reminder of why we love books.

Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara: Sara traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her book-loving pen pal Amy, but when she arrives she finds Amy's funeral guests just leaving. The residents of Broken Wheel are happy to look after their bewildered visitor--there's not much else to do in a dying small town that's almost beyond repair. You certainly wouldn't open a bookstore. And definitely not with Sara the tourist in charge.

You'd need a vacant storefront (Main Street is full of them), books (Amy's house is full of them), and...customers. The bookstore might be a little quirky. Then again, so is Sara. But Broken Wheel's own story might be funnier, more eccentric and surprising than she thought.

If you liked big-hearted books like The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry or Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, you will love The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend.

Praise for The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend:

"The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a warm and slyly funny look at small towns and romance..."--New York Journal of Books

"A heartwarming tale about literature's power to transform."--People

"What begins as an unlikely international friendship based on a mutual love of books becomes a sweet and soulful discovery of America. Quirky, unpredictable, funny, and fresh--a wonderful book."--Nickolas Butler, internationally bestselling author of Shotgun Lovesongs and Beneath the Bonfire

International Bestseller

Indie Regional Bestseller

National Indie Bestseller

#1 Indie Next Pick

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "In what is clearly a case of the world's worst timing, Sara Lindqvist arrives in the ramshackle town of Broken Wheel, Iowa, on the day of Amy Harris' funeral, having abandoned her ho-hum life in Hannige, Sweden, to meet the woman she knows only through the books they've swapped and letters they've shared. Unwilling to return home without getting to know firsthand the people and places Amy described in her correspondence, Sara decides to rescue one of the town's many abandoned storefronts and open a shop using Amy's eclectic trove of books. A mutual-appreciation society soon forms between the town's eccentric residents and this devout reader with an uncanny knack for turning the grumpiest bibliophobe into a grateful bibliophile. With Sara's tourist visa about to expire, a coterie of her most devoted admirers quickly concocts a cockamamy scheme to keep Sara with them permanently. Touching and lively, Bivald's genuine homage to the power of books vibrates with fondness for small-town life and fascination with its indelible connections.--Haggas, Carol Copyright 2015 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "In Swedish author Bivald's debut novel, erstwhile bookseller Sara Lindqvist has traveled from her home in Sweden to the tiny town of Broken Wheel, Iowa, in order to spend time relaxing and reading with Amy Harris, her pen pal, but what Sara finds upon arriving is that she's just in time for Amy's funeral. Sara is bewildered, but the townsfolk insist that she stay in Amy's house and generally refuse to let her pay for anything. She decides to give back by opening Amy's old store and sharing Amy's books with the community. Hardingham, a British actress and veteran audiobook narrator, provides most of the book's narration, which is written from Sara's perspective. Hardingham has a beautiful voice, but she renders all the intervening characters' voices as if the story took place in southern Georgia rather than the Midwest. The only believable Midwestern accent in this audiobook comes in Sara's letters from Amy, who is splendidly portrayed by American actress King. King's performance is neutral, down-to-earth, and slightly nasal: pitch-perfect in terms of what people in Iowa tend to sound like. A Sourcebooks Landmark paperback. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
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Additional Information
Subjects Pen pals -- Fiction.
Women booksellers -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Iowa -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Publisher Naperville, Illinois :Sourcebooks Landmark,2016
Other Titles Läsarna i Broken Wheel rekommenderar.
Contributors Menzies, Alice, translator.
Language English
Notes Includes reading group guide (pages 389-394).
Description 394 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-388).
ISBN 9781492623441
149262344X
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