Stephanie Butland

You can trust a book to keep your secret ...Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look closely, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are things she'll never show you. Fifteen years ago Loveday lost all she knew and loved in one unspeakable night. Now, she finds refuge in the unique little York bookshop where she works. Everything is about to change for Loveday. Someone knows about her past. Someone is trying to send her a message. And she can't hide any longer. Lost for Words is a compelling, irresistible and heart-rending novel, with the emotional intensity of The Shock of the Fall and all the charm of The Little Paris Bookshop and 84 Charing Cross Road. Praise for Lost for Words: 'Loveday is a compelling character, you love her in the way you love a cat who always scratches but you love it anyway ...this book is quirky, clever and unputdownable. I really enjoyed it.' Katie Fforde 'Loveday is a marvellous character and she captured my heart from the very first page ...and her bookshop is the bookshop of readers' dreams.' Julie Cohen, bestselling author of Dear Thing 'Loveday is so spiky and likeable. I so loved Archie, Nathan and the book shop and the unfolding mystery' Carys Bray, author of A Song For Issy Bradley and The Museum of You 'Burns fiercely with love and hurt. A quirky, rare and beautiful novel, one you'd be delighted to unearth in any bookshop. And Loveday Cardew is a character who leaps from the pages into our hearts.' Linda Green, bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed 'It is such a beautiful read and Loveday's voice is so compelling ...an exquisite story that I couldn't put down.' Liz Fenwick 'Beautifully written and atmospheric. Loveday is an endearing heroine, full of attitude and fragility. The haunting story of her past is brilliantly revealed.' Tracy Rees, Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of Amy Snow 'What an absolute stunner of a book.

Loveday Cardew prefiere los libros antes que las personas. Si te acercas a ella lo suficiente, podrás ver que lleva tatuadas las frases iniciales de las novelas que más le gustan. Sin embargo, hay secretos de su pasado que jamás te revelará. Quince años atrás, Loveday perdió todo lo que tenía y amaba en una fatídica noche. Aquel horrible acontecimiento la llevó a convertir la librería en la que trabaja en su único refugio, pero todo está a punto de cambiar: alguien que conoce su pasado está tratando de enviarle un mensaje, y no hay nada que ella pueda hacer para evitarlo.

"An immensely powerful, and ultimately uplifting, debut novel." (Katie Fforde). "Heartbreaking, insightful, gripping and beautifully crafted." (Jane Wenham Jones). Dear Mike, I can't believe that it's true. You wouldn't do this to me. You promised. Elizabeth knows that her husband is kind and good and that he loves her unconditionally. She knows she hasn't been herself lately but that, even so, they are happy. But Elizabeth's world is turned upside down when Mike dies in a tragic drowning accident. Suddenly everything Elizabeth knows about her husband is thrown into doubt. Why would he sacrifice his own life, knowing he'd never see his wife again? And what exactly was he doing at the lake that night? Elizabeth knows that writing to Mike won't bring him back, but she needs to talk to him now more than ever...How much can you ever know about the people you love?Originally published in hardback as Surrounded by Water.

Compartir historias y libros cambiará sus vidas para siempre Es 2020 y la Librería de la Esperanza, regentada por Loveday Carew, ha enmudecido con la pandemia. Justo cuando la gente más necesita libros para expandir sus horizontes, escapar de sus miedos o dar sentido a su vida, las puertas de la libreria permanecen cerradas. Entonces llega la primera carta. Rosemary y George llevan cincuenta años casados y han decidido emprender su ultimo viaje juntos sin levantarse del banco de su jardin: solo necesitan a alguien que comparta su amor por los libros. De repente, Loveday comprende como puede ser util durante la crisis: recomendara libros que ayuden a sus clientes a superar las dificiles situaciones a las que se enfrentan, que alivien su soledad, mitiguen su miedo, combatan el aburrimiento y les devuelvan las ganas de reir y disfrutar de la vida. Asi empieza todo.

Emocionante e encantador, A extraordinária livraria de York, de Stephanie Butland, explora o poder da literatura, sua capacidade de inspirar, curar e renovar a esperança. Uma história sensível e reconfortante que mostra que, apesar das adversidades, a vida pode continuar. Loveday Cardew e dona da adoravel e aconchegante livraria Lost For Words, em York, na Inglaterra. Apaixonada por livros, ela sabe que uma livraria no e somente um espaço fisico o lado de dentro comporta um universo inteiro. E, mais do que ninguem, sente que ha sempre um livro capaz de proporcionar o que cada pessoa necessita.Ate que a chegada inesperada da Covid-19 deixa a vida de Loveday, e a livraria, de cabeça para baixo. Justo quando as pessoas mais precisam de livros, as portas da Lost For Words esto fechadas. Sem seu publico habitual, as finanças começam a despencar, e a situaço da livraria precisa de uma soluço urgente.Apos um pedido inusitado de uma antiga cliente, fica evidente para Loveday qual sera o seu papel em meio a crise. Ela pode recomendar livros para ajudar as pessoas a enfrentarem as situaçes em que se encontram: medo, tedio, solido, desejo de rir e de fugir. Loveday anuncia, ento, sua ideia: uma farmacia de livros, que prescreve as obras ideais para cada pessoa. Afinal, um bom livro e capaz de curar feridas.Uma ode ao poder da literatura, A extraordinaria livraria de York presenteia o publico com uma historia sensivel e reconfortante que mostra que, apesar das adversidades, a vida pode continuar. "Unica e brilhante, uma historia impossivel de largar." Katie Fforde