The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

I Was Told It Would Get Easier

Author: Abbi Waxman

The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone’s radar. Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own…shell.The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookst….Read More

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