The Secret of Lost Things
Author: Sheridan Hay
A missing manuscriptA young woman’s voyage of discoveryAnd the curious bookshop where it all begins…In this charming novel about the eccentricities and passions of booksellers and collectors, a captivating young Australian woman takes a job at a vast, chaotic emporium of used and rare books in New York City and finds herself caught up in the search for a lost Melville ma….Read More
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