The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted Author:Robert Hillman Tom Hope doesn’t think he’s much of a farmer, but he’s doing his best. He can’t have been much of a husband to Trudy, either, judging by her sudden departure. It’s only when she returns, pregnant to someone else, that he discovers his surprising talent as a father. So when Trudy finds Jesus and takes little Peter aw... more »ay with her to join the holy rollers, Tom’s heart breaks all over again.
Enter Hannah Babel, quixotic smalltown bookseller: the second Jew -- and the most vivid person -- Tom has ever met. He dares to believe they could make each other happy.
But it is 1968: twenty-four years since Hannah and her own little boy arrived at Auschwitz. Tom Hope is taking on a batttle with heartbreak he can barely even begin to imagine.« less
This book surprised me. It wasn't at all like I thought it would be. It was even better. The characters were real people to me. I had a hard time putting it down and as soon as I did, I wanted to pick it back up again.