Maya is a charming, intelligent, beautiful and oh so precocious girl. This abandoned child will come to forever change A.J.’s life. The little girl is accompanied only by a brief note and a stuffed Elmo. One day he returns to his bookstore to find that someone has left a baby. Since he now feels that he owns nothing of any real value, he begins to leave his door open when he goes out. When he awakes the next morning his rare book is missing! Also, suspiciously… his kitchen has been cleaned up. He is so drunk he gets sick and passes out. An invaluable copy of Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘Tamerlane’. Then one day – while drinking – he decides to take out his prized possession. When we meet him he is a widower whose raw grief over the loss of his wife is ruining his life.
Fikry who resides on a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts. This is the simple story ( in that all lives are simple – yet vastly complicated at the same time) of bookstore owner A. It made me think, it made me laugh, it made me weep. Fikry” did everything a work of fiction aspires to do. I even read the acknowledgments to prolong the inevitable when I would have to let it go.
I didn’t want to put it down because that would mean it was over…. What a gem! A little book with a big heart. Fikry” was a title that I got from my local library. This week I’m showcasing a novel that I read over five years ago. Renee at It’s Book Talk began this meme as a way to share old favorites.
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