The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
The book is a story which link a grand baronial house on Loch Ness, in a quirky small-town bookseller and a single mother who is looking to a fresh start. It is a story which brings together in this witty and warm heartening novel which is for the book lover.
Single mother Zoe is desperate to escape from London and she is wanting to build a new life for her and her son Hari. In London she can hardly afford to live in the crammed studio apartments on a busy London street. A street full of honking horns and shouting football fans who keep them awake at all times of the night. If she doesn't find a way out of London soon, Zeo knows that it is only a matter of time before she has a meltdown and it affects hers and her sons life. On a whim, she answers a ad for a nanny job in the Scottish Highlands which is about as far away from the crushing nature of London and she finds that this sounds like heaven.
The job that she applies asks for a person who is able to care for 3 'gifted' children and two of the children have the nature of feral wolverines. The children father is recently widowed and is an absolute wreck and his children run wild in the tumble down castle on the banks of Loch Ness. Still the peaceful location in picturesque Scotland is everything that London is not and Zoe rises to this challenge. With the help of Nina, the friendly local bookseller and Zoe begins to put roots in the community. Zoe is finding that books, the fresh air and the kindness that she has received enough to heal her broken family.
I found this book a good cosy summer read ideal to read in the current weather outside. I immersed myself in the story as i have done the move that Zeo has done from the hustle and bustle of southern England to Loch Lomand. I went through all of the emotions that she went through. I love the way that Jenny Colgan writes making you find you falling in love with all of the characters. I can not wait to read her new book Five Hundred Miles From You
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