Robert Hellenga
Author
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Chas. Johnson & Sons, a venerated rare bookstore in urban Chicago, has been a family operation for three generations--grandfather, father and son. But when it comes time for Gabe Johnson to take the reins of the business, the world of books has changed, and the combination of the internet and inner city rents forces the store to close. But instead of folding his hand, Gabe decides to risk everything he has and reopen the shop--and, in a sense restart...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the violent death of his oldest daughter during a terrorist bombing, small town college professor Alan "Woody" Woodhall finds himself standing in the cemetery where she was buried. Woody is convinced that life has taught him all the lessons he has to learn: His wife has left him, and his two remaining daughters have grown up and moved away. Yet a new life, which Woody both longs for and resists, begins with his decision to attend the trial of...