The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

　　A. J.大叔是島嶼上一家書店的老闆，個情古怪，鎮日與文字、試讀本、暢銷書、滯銷書、文宣，還有「奧客型」的讀者打交道。他的人生和期待的截然不同，摯愛的老婆過世，書店陷入有史以來的經營危機，就連手上最值錢的資產──一本愛倫坡詩集珍本，也遭竊不翼而飛。彷彿他生活的所在，A. J.的內心世界也是一座孤島，不管是充滿善意的警察局長藍比亞斯、全心想要拉他一把的大姨子伊思美，還是懷著熱情與理想、搭乘渡輪前來造訪的出版社業務員愛蜜莉亞，全被他冰冷惡劣的態度拒於千里之外。就連滿屋子的書香，也在一點一滴消失中……
　　
　　就在A. J.對人生感到疲憊、對市場感到寒心、對未來嗅不到希望的時刻，生命發生轉折，一個神祕的包袱出現在書店中。雖然只是一個小包袱，卻相當沉重。這個意外讓A. J.大叔有機會重新拾起他的人生，以嶄新的眼光觀看世界。沒多久，小島上的讀者與居民留意到他的改變，不屈不撓的業務員愛蜜莉亞也開始對他投以不一樣的目光，書籍中蘊藏的智慧再度成為A. J.世界的生命泉源。

　　然而，一切都將再度扭轉，意料之外的人生又悄然降臨……
　　
　　《A. J.的書店人生》充滿驚喜與感動，是一個令人難忘的故事，關於生命的轉變、第二次機會，以及我們為何而讀、為何而愛的無法抗拒的理由。在作者巧妙的筆下，「閱讀」本身也成為貫穿全書的重要角色。

　　島嶼書屋是間維多利亞風格的小屋，門廊上掛著褪色的招牌，
　　上面寫著：?沒有人是座孤島，一書一世界，一書一天堂。?
　　書店老闆A. J.將探索這句話的真義。

　　★本書中譯版《A. J. 的書店人生》由商周出版。

Don’t miss Gabrielle Zevin’s new novel, Young Jane Young, coming in August 2017.

＂Funny, tender, and moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry reminds us all exactly why we read and why we love.＂*

A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over--and see everything anew.

＂This novel has humor, romance, a touch of suspense, but most of all love--love of books and bookish people and, really, all of humanity in its imperfect glory.＂ --Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child

＂Marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both.＂ --The Washington Post

＂You won’t want it to end.＂ --Family Circle

＂A natural for book groups.＂ --Richmond Times-Dispatch

＂A reader’s paradise of the first order.＂ --The Buffalo News

＂A fun, page-turning delight.＂ --Minneapolis Star Tribune

＂Captures the joy of connecting people and books . . . Irresistible.＂ --Booklist

＂A wonderful, moving, endearing story of redemption and transformation that will sing in your heart for a very, very long time.＂ --Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

＂Readers who delighted in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and Letters from Skye will be equally captivated by this novel.＂ --*Library Journal, starred review

Gabrielle Zevin is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages. Her eighth novel, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, spent more than four months on the New York Times Bestseller list, reached #1 on the National Indie Bestseller list, and has been a bestseller all around the world. The recently published Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, is also a NYT bestseller. She has also written books for children and young adults, including the award-winning Elsewhere.