{"product_id":"receipts-from-the-bookshop-a-booksellers-year","title":"Receipts From the Bookshop : A Bookseller's Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMany of us dream of owning a bookshop, but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her mum. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce a week, Katie sits behind the counter and chronicles the day's comings and goings - mostly people who were actually hoping to catch her mother. The triumphs here are small but hard won: a tea crisis averted, a book title correctly identified from a cryptic clutch of clues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot to mention the emotional rollercoaster of being named the Seventh-Best Bookshop in the Country by The Times on a day where takings came to around £16.98. Customers appear for a browse and a chat, in search of a recommendation or the perfect gift. Others enter the shop for more unexpected reasons - to borrow a screwdriver, locate a priest or simply to ask if there's 'a nice place for an omelette around here'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach day brings its own joys and frustrations, though not always in equal measure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFunny, surprising and affectionate, here is a bookseller's year in all its weirdness and wonder - a life-affirming celebration of bad weather, good books and the irreplaceable role of a local bookshop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katie Clapham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58247373881731,"sku":"9781399629508","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/receiptsfromthebookshop_331c6c19-533c-4bcd-aff4-5a590f6d71dd.png?v=1781522150","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.com\/products\/receipts-from-the-bookshop-a-booksellers-year","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}