{"product_id":"9781399629508","title":"Receipts From the Bookshop : A Bookseller's Year - Katie Clapham","description":"\u003cp\u003eABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHT'WARM AND UPLIFTING' AJ PEARCE'THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO THE WORLD RIGHT NOW' JENNIE GODFREYMany of us dream of owning a bookshop, but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her mum. Once a week, Katie sits behind the counter and chronicles the day's comings and goings - mostly people who were actually hoping to catch her mother. The triumphs here are small but hard won: a tea crisis averted, a book title correctly identified from a cryptic clutch of clues. Not to mention the emotional rollercoaster of being named the Seventh-Best Bookshop in the Country by The Times on a day where takings came to around �16.98. Customers appear for a browse and a chat, in search of a recommendation or the perfect gift. Others enter the shop for more unexpected reasons - to borrow a screwdriver, locate a priest or simply to ask if there's 'a nice place for an omelette around here'. Each day brings its own joys and frustrations, though not always in equal measure . . . Funny, surprising and affectionate, here is a bookseller's year in all its weirdness and wonder - a life-affirming celebration of bad weather, good books and the irreplaceable role of a local bookshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katie Clapham","offers":[{"title":"304 pages \/ 04\/06\/2026 \/ Diaries, letters \u0026 journals","offer_id":57107513573751,"sku":"9781399629508","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781399629508_e4387c09-34c6-4a7e-876c-f7d377f8c916.jpg?v=1780933915","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781399629508","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}