A middle-aged widow, Florence Green, opens a bookstore in a remote English village in 1959. We meet a cast of characters in the village including a society matron who wants an arts center and uses money, politics, and influence to eventually get her way. Short read at 123 pages. But not a lot of character development outside of the main character and Christine, an 11 year old girl who works for her in the shop. I liked Florence's no nonsense but kind personality. She was very English proper and with dry wit. But I was disappointed by the sad ending.
