![]() ![]() The Owl is a shabby, second-hand bookstore on the Upper West Side, an all-day, all-night haven for a colorful crew of characters: handsome and taciturn guitar player Luke Chester, who hyperventilates at the mention of Lolita George, the owner, who lives on protein shakes and idealism and a motley company of the timeless, the tactless, and the homeless. ![]() But that is easier said than done, especially on a student visa. She will keep the child and her scholarship, while finding a part-time job to make ends meet. When he dumps Esme-just before she tries to tell him about the baby-she resolves to manage alone. Until she finds out that she’s pregnant.Įsme’s boyfriend, Mitchell van Leuven, is old-money rich, handsome, successful, and irretrievably damaged. She loves her apartment and is passionate about the city and her boyfriend her future couldn’t look brighter. ![]() Synopsis: A witty, sharply observed debut novel about a young woman who finds unexpected salvation while working in a quirky used bookstore in Manhattan.Impressionable and idealistic, Esme Garland is a young British woman who finds herself studying art history in New York. Disclosure: The Bookstore was provided by the Publisher for Review. ![]()
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