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This is a beautiful slow going found family story where a woman suffering the grief of all she lost 20 years prior in Auschwitz finds herself in love with a simple good man. Tom was abandoned by his first wife and he grieves for the child he raised as his own. There‘s a lot of background to this story and as a reader I just hoped for Tom, Hannah, and Peter to unite as family.

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This poor book has not had much success with reviews here. Some DNFs. I think people feel the book is all over the place because it does feel like that to a degree. I must admit that most fiction I read is by women. Seeing the love life of a quiet, stoic man through two rocky relationships is a perspective not often read. It was difficult to appreciate at first but Tom grew on me as his story unfolded.

I can‘t get through it. Made it to half, but it‘s too much. Found myself scanning. Hannah, bless her, is a survivor of Authwtiz who is described as crazy for opening a bookstore. Her story would‘ve been nice fleshed out more. Book is described as a bookshop that brings broken people together. Which it doesn‘t well. Their “love” is unrealistic, fall in love at first sight after little/no chemistry. I feel this is poorly written with lost potential

Say what now? having trouble reading this book. The first impressions of Hannah coming to this rural Australian town, as a Jew after Authwitz, are so stereotypically off. Took 40 pages of Toms grief from his wife‘s drama and leaving home before Hannah comes into the picture. They have the same grief of their child being taken away. Having trouble keeping not just scanning ahead at this point. He‘s becoming obsessed with her

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Bookshop of B H-totally stumped at reviewing this book. Beautifully written-language, settings, descriptions, characters with depth, the vulnerability of love, loss, forgiveness, redemption.

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Thank you @LouBeth for this book and the Christmas bag chock full of chocolate! I am reading & munching during ads while watching “It‘s a Wonderful Life”. Perfect!

Beautiful, melancholy, but ultimately hopeful. The story of farmer, Tom, and Holocaust survivor, Hannah, will live in my heart for a long time.

Delightful. Loved all the characters. Great writing . Great descriptions of the Aussie landscape . Best ending. I laughed and shed a few tears too reading this book. Off to return to library. Trying not to borrow . We shall see.
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This book was different than expected but so welcome! A meandering story of heartache, redemption, and the family you create. The Australian landscape and lifestyle are characters themselves, as are the sense of loss and glimpses of hope.

Pick this one up if you have a chance!
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(A few unexpectedly weird plot points featured, which I‘ve found in many Australian things I‘ve watched/read... anyone else found that to be the case?)

Tom is a farmer in Australia. He doesn't necessarily have good luck with women. He isn't very confident in himself and maybe the women sense this about him. He does have a lot of love to give.
The story started out slow but once Hannah came into the picture it picked up for me.

Not really sure how I feel about this book. It wasn't horrible, it wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either. It kept my interest even though it didn't really go any where. 🤷‍♀️ it's just a read that was a read

And now on to Sunday morning plans 😊

It wasn't nearly as good as I'd hoped. Wanted more about Tom & Peter.

It had promise but was so disjointed with incomplete characters i found myself skimming the second half. I liked the dual timelines and general plot but it felt rushed. Hannah opens a book shop in 1968 rural Australia where she meets and marries Tom. His past heartbreaks and her horrific past as a prisoner at Auschwitz make them have to work extra hard to make a life together. Good story. I just felt it needed some fleshing out.

The struggle is real. Not hating but not really loving it either. I'm at the half way point. I will push/skim through just because i like 1 storyline more than the other. 🤷‍♀️

I usually enjoy books about books or bookshops! This book was less about a bookshop then I would have liked but definitely about the broken hearted. I liked this cover version much better than the actual cover version. It was a very slow going read and it only barely it to 3 stars with the ending of the book. It didn't do a good job of weaving back and forth from past to present and felt very disjointed. I just did not enjoy this story at all ☹️

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THE BOOKSHOP OF THE BROKENHEARTED moved along slowly but was an interesting read. .

The author's writing style was fluid, easy, and pulled me in. I do have to say the book was a bit odd at times and difficult to follow. 4/5

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THE BOOKSHOP OF THE BROKENHEARTED moved along slowly but was an interesting read. We learned about Auzchwitz and the life Hannah lived after she was free, how it all affected Hannah and her moods, and how her intensity about love, Tom, and her life was based on those experiences.

The author's writing style was fluid, easy, and pulled me in. I do have to say the book was a bit odd at times and difficult to follow. 4/5

Oh, finished this one in a day...definitely not the norm for me! Set in rural Australia in the late 60s, this book is filled with flawed, deeply human and ultimately triumphant characters...a story told in two time periods/locations (Hannah is an Auschwitz survivor), it covers a range of emotions...despair, guilt, unimaginable loss, tenacious faith and finally the healing power of redemption and love. 4.5/5⭐️

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Currently halfway through this one...and yes, it‘s already broken my 🧡 at least twice. 😔😢💔💔

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Out 4/9

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A gorgeously written, tender, and wise novel about love and forgiveness in 1960s Australia, in which a lonely farmer finds his life turned upside down by the arrival of a vibrant librarian.
Release date 4•9•2019

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This book has a gentle loveliness, I don‘t want it to end. Alternating between rural Australia in the late 60‘s and Auschwitz 25 years earlier, its a story of love and heartbreak, and a bookshop.