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If every encounter between people is fate, what will happen to everyone and every book? It should be doomed, right? If you ask me, which book do you think of? My first thought is the bookstore on the island.
It opened the door for me to read and write. I can't remember how many times I watched it. I only know that this book has been scattered, but I still don't want to throw it away, but put it in the most conspicuous place on the shelf. Every time I see it, it reminds me of the original intention of reading and writing.
To me, it is not just a book, but more like an old friend of mine. Every time I read it, it is a dialogue in the depths of my soul.
So, I can't wait to share my old friend with you.
My childhood dream was to open a bookstore. On a quiet street, the bookstore is small but warm enough, with my favorite tables and chairs and delicious coffee. In the afternoon sunshine, reading with many people from different places who also love books should be the most pleasant thing.
After reading the book "Bookstore on the Island" and seeing the story in this small island bookstore, this dream began to stir in my heart again. So, this is a book that reminds me of my dream.
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The bookstore on the island is also a phenomenal global bestseller, ranking first among independent booksellers in the United States and recommended by American libraries.
I thought that the author who could write such a book with profound insights into life must be an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes. To my surprise, its author is a beautiful woman, gabrielle zevin, who is an American writer and screenwriter. Young and charming, loves reading and writing, writes for The New York Times Book Review, and now lives in Los Angeles. Graduated from the Department of British and American Literature of Harvard University, he has published eight novels and his works have been translated into more than 20 languages.
"No one is an island, a book and a world."
This is a book about love and being loved.
Fickley, the hero of the story, is nearly middle-aged and runs a bookstore on an island called Alice Island. Fate never cared for him, his beloved wife died, the bookstore was in crisis, and even the treasures used to exchange pension money were stolen.
His life came to a deadlock and his heart became a desert island.
However, you should always believe that when God closes a door for you, he also opens a window for you. The appearance of the little girl Maya made this island lively.
She also brought waves to Feerique's stagnant life. Although she is in a hurry every day, she melts Felix's heart bit by bit like a desert island. He stopped hanging around all day and drinking to get through the long night. It never occurred to him that his beloved wife Nicole had left him for a long time. He became gentle and easy to get along with, and his love for her expanded his life picture little by little.
In fact, when I first read it, the story didn't impress me, but when the little girl Maya appeared, she began to make the book warm. It comes from the love between strangers, and also from the father's love for his daughter.
Children are really the best gift from God.
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The first meeting between Felix and Amelia was not pleasant, and it was terrible. Who said that the first impression determines whether to fall in love with this person?
Felix and Amelia have been together for four years, but so what, as long as it's the right person, even if it's late?
It is reading that draws them closer to each other's hearts. To love someone is probably to share everything with him. When you read a good book, hear a touching song, find a good dessert shop or see a good movie, you can't wait to share it with him. This is the beginning of love, and it happened that that person liked this book, was moved by this song, and fell in love with the Muslims in the dessert shop. This is the result of the right time and the right place.
The last point about love is that even if one party is not interested in this book at first, try it, just like Feckley is not interested in Amelia's favorite album True Blood, but in order to know everything the other party likes and enter her world, he still reads the whole book.
No one is an island and no one is an island with love.
It is Fickley's love for Maya, Maya's love for Fickley, Fickley's love for Amelia, and the people on the island's love for bookstores that make this deserted island full of vitality.
Because of love, this seemingly isolated island has become full of human feelings.
After losing everything, Fickley, the hero of the story, finds care, love and all the good life again because of an abandoned little girl and a bookstore. I believe that when you read this book, you will also draw some strength from it and let you see a glimmer of light in despair.
Everyone's life has the most difficult moment, but it is this moment that makes your life beautiful and broad.
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Although the ending of the story is not as beautiful as I expected, just like Maya suddenly came to the bookstore, everything is the best arrangement.
Although Felix had a tumor and his condition didn't improve after the operation, Maya and Amelia spent the last time with him. When the bookstore on the island closed, there seemed to be a baton. Lan Bias and Ismay took over the bookstore because they couldn't imagine what Alice Island would be like without a bookstore.
Maybe many years later, few people will remember a man named Feerique, but no one will turn a blind eye to the bookstore in Alice Island.
Some people say that this is a book about all the books in the world, and it is written for all the people who really love books in the world. But I think it is not only written for all people who really love books all over the world, but also for people who love all over the world.