{"product_id":"the-bookseller-at-the-end-of-the-world-ruth-shaw","title":"The Bookseller at the End of the World - Ruth Shaw","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-short-description text-large\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e'An extraordinary story.' Shaun Bythell,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Diary of a Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about favourite books, and bittersweet stories from her full and varied life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe's sailed through the Pacific for years, been held up by pirates, worked at Sydney's Kings Cross with drug addicts and prostitutes, campaigned on numerous environmental issues, and worked the yacht\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaksea Girl\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith her husband, Lance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderlining all her wanderings and adventures are some very deep losses and long-held pain. Balancing that out is her beautiful love story with Lance, and her delightful sense of humour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis will make you weep and make you laugh and make you want to read more books - and make you want to visit Ruth and her two wee bookshops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating, funny and moving story.' Nicky Pellegrino,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Woman's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Shaw can write about these peaks and troughs [of her life] without a skerrick of maudlin introspection or mawkishness. Battered and emotionally bruised, she marches on. In a word, dauntless, and it's exactly this quality that makes this memoir so readable.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Moore, NZ Listener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly charming and filled with equal measures of heartbreak and humour, Ruth Shaw's memoir will have you booking the first flight to New Zealand to share a cup of tea at her Wee Bookshops. Shaw has been a cook, a nurse, sailor and world traveller, and endured\u003cbr\u003eimmeasurable loss. But with Lance, the love of her life, Shaw has found her place bookselling in Fiordland.'\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBooksellers' Choice Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-short\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41807498903706,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/products\/bookseller_c742bb42-e5ed-4046-83f3-b49188a5a268.jpg?v=1648870029","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/the-bookseller-at-the-end-of-the-world-ruth-shaw","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}