{"product_id":"receipts-from-the-bookshop-a-booksellers-year","title":"Receipts From the Bookshop : A Bookseller's Year","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container_16 clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid_16 product\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productInfo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"titleContributor\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Katie Clapham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"OtherFormatsBookWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otherFormats\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\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. Once 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach day brings its own joys and frustrations, though not always in equal measure . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003ePhoenix \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eHardback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e304 Pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58248945041789,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/5612\/9433\/files\/IMG_6098_8b0aa403-56ec-4232-9169-df52cf26bff3.jpg?v=1780583609","url":"https:\/\/www.shelfeditions.com\/products\/receipts-from-the-bookshop-a-booksellers-year","provider":"SHELF EDITIONS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}