Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop

An eccentric and charming little book… It’s like Chocolat meets Penelope Fitzgerald’s The Bookshop, set in the Tuscan hills, with gardening tips, interior design ideas and gossip woven in… A celebration of writing, words and people…. In luscious language, the book rejoices in all the things that bring people together… Delightful. * Mail on Sunday *Who doesn’t want to open up a bookshop in a gorgeous part of Italy? Just add a cosy armchair and a lazy, cold winter’s day (each chapter comes with a useful list of books sold). * Stylist, Christmas gift guide for book lovers *Alba Donati’s Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop is not only a work of significant beauty, it’s inspiring. It’s inspiring about the continuing life of books, and about the ways in which our lives can change and our dreams can come true, if only we insist on believing in changes and dreams. * Michael Cunningham, author of THE HOURS *For immediate transportation to Italy without having to check in your baggage, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop is alive with kindness and inspiration and will double your to-be-read list. Pure bliss * The Times *

Alba Donati worked for years in publishing before moving back to her home village of Lucignana, near Lucca in Tuscany, and opening the ‘Bookshop on the Hill’, which has since become a refuge for countless readers from all over Italy. In 2020 the shop was included on a list of the 20 most beautiful bookshops in Europe. An award-winning poet, this is Alba’s first work of non-fiction.

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