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Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets
Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets: A Real-Life Scottish Fairy Tale | Jessica A. Fox
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In this inspiring, delightful memoir, a young woman decides to escape the daily grind and turn her what if fantasy into a reality, only to find workand a manshe loves in one fell swoop, all in a secondhand bookstore in a quaint Scottish town. Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood, an ambitious 26-year-old film-maker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she was seized by a moment of inspiration and tapped second hand bookshop Scotland into Google. She clicked the first link she saw. A month later, she arrived 2,000 miles across the Atlantic in Wigtown, on the west coast of Scotland, and knocked on the door of the bookshop she would be living in for the next month . . . The rollercoaster journey that ensuedtaking in Scottish Hanukkah, yoga on Galloways west coast, and a waxing that she will never forgetwould both break and mend her heart. It would also teach her that sometimes we must have the courage to travel the path less taken. Only then can we truly become the writers of our own stories.
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scripturient
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Panpan

Meh!! This was easily one of the most boring books I‘ve ever read. Whatever you do: don‘t waste your time on this.

Moony That looks like an interessting drink, what is it? 5y
scripturient @Moony It‘s fresh peppermint tea. So much better than a tea bag. :) 5y
Cinfhen Appreciate your honest review and food & drink do look delicious 😋 5y
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Megabooks She was a filmmaker and worked at NASA...that‘s rather bizarre. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5y
julesG @Megabooks That's as far as I got in this book. 5y
Megabooks 🤣🤣 Why is that not surprising? 5y
Dragon Yummy ! 5y
ephemeralwaltz Such a pretty picture though! 5y
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Insightsintobooks
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MelissaSue81
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Panpan

I don‘t really understand the purpose of this book. It doesn‘t strike me as story that needed to be told. I‘d have liked to hear way more about the bookstore and way less whining and crying about how “hard” everything was when really, this girl had it made.

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beccaeve
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BooksForYears
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#SeasonsReadings2016 Day 3 - Set in a library/bookstore

While I didn't love the story overall, the scenes set in the Scottish bookstore were quite charming

Tanner I agree - the bookstore scenes were great, but I rolled me eyes over the romance (and I don't mind romance usually). 7y
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