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The Vanishing Bookstore
The Vanishing Bookstore | Helen Phifer
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Every story needs a happy ending. And you can't have yours until you find the bookstore. 1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore stands covered in overgrown vines. Inside, a young woman hides a linen-wrapped journal under a loose floorboard and runs away, panicked by the sound of hounds barking in the distance. The bookstore vanishes into thin air... Present day. Stepping inside a pale-pink house on one of the oldest streets in Salem, Dora can't believe she's about to finally meet the mother she thought died tragically when she was just a child. But the excitement is short-lived. Dora's mother has fear in her eyes, and with a trembling voice she whispers: 'my life is in danger, and now so is yours...' Desperate not to lose her mother all over again, Dora digs into her family's mysterious past, and stumbles upon a seemingly impossible secret: the key to their survival is hidden in a bookstore that no one has seen for generations. Losing herself amongst thorny brackens and twisted ferns, Dora eventually finds the path that leads to the bookstore. But someone is watching her. They've been waiting for her. As she pushes open the beautiful blue door hidden amongst the sharp brambles, and stands in front of rows of crumbling leatherbound books with faded pages, she has no idea of the secrets she is about to uncover. Or that her life is in more danger than ever before...
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Someone needs to explain the purpose of the epilogue to me. Is there going to be a book 2 that‘s connected to the epilogue? The rest of the book was pretty solid. I want to know what happened on the London end afterwords. I think it was a good idea to leave George mainly out until the end but wouldn‘t have hated a little more. I just want a clear ending.