Chapters and Verse: Fiction from Behind the Counter - Hardcover

Barr, Joel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879053402 ISBN 13: 9780879053406

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 1991

Synopsis

Necktie salesman Matthew Mason is chosen by bookstore owner E Baker to take over her shop, Chapters and Verse, when she retires, but she continues to keep in touch by letter as he learns the business

About this title

About the Author:

Joel Barr is a writer and artist whose poetry, fiction, reviews and non-fiction have appeared in numerous journals. His paintings and sculptures are in private and public collections. Chapters and Verse is his first novel.

From Publishers Weekly:

A down-to-earth delight, this first novel warmly recounts lives centered in a small-town bookshop. Chapters and Verse is an independent bookstore in the quiet town of Tangelo, Fla., formerly owned by Estet Baker, a shrewd, energetic, crusty older woman, as eccentric as her name implies, who is both a lover of literature and a connoisseur of human experience. E has chosen Matthew Mason as her store's new proprietor and, after showing him the ropes, has begun to travel throughout Florida to gather material for a photo-essay. Her letters record observations on local bookstores, offer business suggestions and strengthen her friendship with Matthew. As he settles into his new role, sensitive, likable Matthew--who begins to understand that in running Chapters and Verse, "I had a life to protect"--develops friendships with customers, staff and other townspeople. Barr's imaginative, humorous story celebrates the sweetness of literary life, the freshness and promise of the newly printed page.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0879053402
• ISBN 13: 9780879053406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 150