Shelf Life : Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store (Paperback)

from Cecilturtle

A light account of the author's experience in a bookstore, both as a learning experience of the book selling industry and as a healing experience as she found friends and support to overcome her cancer. Unpretentious and light-hearted, the reader gets to know Strempek Shea, a whimsical, friendly,...

from clothingoptional

While Sixpence House made me want to open a bookstore, Shelf Life reminded me that I wanted to sell books because my name was on the cover, not because I was standing behind the counter. Still, this is a wonderful book for anyone who loves bookstores and wonders what it would be like to work in o...

from joanneb

"Page-Turning Adventures" and "from a Year in a Bookstore" is a combination you don't normally see. But who would expect bookstores to be particularly exciting places, except booklovers? With humour and seriousness, Suzanne Strempek Shea takes us through the seasonal cycle of the book merchandisi...

from debnance

Who here wouldn't want to work around books all day?! As for me, I'm headed to a library, about as close as you can get to a bookstore without opening your purse. Shelf Life is a perfect book forall of us book-crazed people...helping people find books...meetingauthors..."hafta" reads for kids in ...

from Meggo

The author's glimpses of life in a bookstore are accurate, but superficial. I got the feeling after reading this book that she was only playing at being a bookseller, as a means to an end (as another way of gathering material to tell a story). That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I had hoped f...