View cynthia swansons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Crystal city entertainment has optioned the bookseller, cynthia swansons debut novel which quickly became a new york times bestseller and. Julia roberts to star in the bookseller optioned by. The bookseller by cynthia swanson overdrive rakuten. The bookseller book arapahoe libraries bibliocommons. Randy susan meyers, author of accidents of marriage.
Joanna hershon, author of a dual inheritance i inhaled the bookseller a deeply satisfying read. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams nothing is as permanent as it appears. In the bookseller, debut novelist cynthia swanson portrays one character in two distinctive lives. In the bookseller, swanson takes us on a startling journey where a woman is thrust into an alternate world that might have been, if she had made different decisions. Ive seen a noticeable rise in the number of submissions for spring titles, and may is no exception. Cynthia swanson is the new york times bestselling author of the bookseller, which is soon to be a motion picture starring julia roberts.
The bookseller has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the publisher. An interesting and gripping tale of a woman trying to deal with two different worlds and vastly different sets of problems, cynthia swansons debut novel, the bookseller, certainly merits 5 stars. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Kitty never her stuffy given name, katharyn is single and 40ish.
The bookseller by cynthia swanson book club discussion. My new york times bestselling debut novel the bookseller harpercollins, 2015 tells the story of kitty miller a single woman in her late 30s who owns a. I was really intrigued by this books blurb, so i waited for my turn to read it at my local librarys wilbor page. The bookseller, the debut novel by denvers cynthia swanson, was published earlier this month, earning a spot on the indie next list and comparisons to the gywneth paltrow movie sliding. She has published short fiction in th moon, kalliope, sojourner, and other periodicals. Cynthia swansons the bookseller is ostensibly a story of two realities, one in which protagonist kitty is a 38yearold single woman who runs a failing. She runs a book shop and as an unmarried woman has not followed the conventional life path of the time. It was also in the staff picks at my library which definitely made me think that i was in for a treat. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The bookseller a novel by cynthia swanson and publisher harper. Julia roberts to star in and produce the bookseller adaptation. The answers in this affecting debut novel are truly surprising. Cynthia swanson of denver is the author of the bookseller.
Julia roberts will star in and produce cynthia swansons the bookseller, optioned by crystal city. Its denver, 1962, and kitty miller is happily living the single life, corunning a struggling bookstore. The bookseller by cynthia swanson overview a provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. The bookseller by cynthia swanson modern mrs darcy. The bookseller is about a single woman in the early 1960s.
The bookseller by cynthia swanson is a story about a woman who starts to find the life she leads in her dream to be much more fulfilling than her real one. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel that will keep you turning pages into the early hours, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who wrestles to reconcile her daily life as a single bookstore owner with the alternate reality she suddenly begins to dream about each night, in which she is a happilymarried wife and mother. March 3, 2015 the catowning spinster coowner of a struggling independent bookstore begins to experience morethanvivid dreams of an alternate life in this debut novel. Cynthia swanson s the bookseller is both a delightful and haunting exploration of identity, love and loss. She lives alone with her cat, loves her parents, owns half of a failing bookstore, and has stopped wondering whether there isnt something more to life. It is the details, however, that haunt 38yearold kitty miller, protagonist of cynthia swansons the bookseller. When she goes to sleep each night, kitty leaves her world as a bookseller and slides almost seamlessly into her dream life as katharyn, aka mrs. But the more time kitty spends in this other life, the clearer its imperfections become. The awardwinning literary suspense novelist and new york times bestselling author of the bookseller, cynthia swanson, took a break before her upcoming book tour to chat with me about her new thriller, the glass forest, the writerslashdesigners process and unique relationship with creativity, and how she finds her ideas.
The catowning spinster coowner of a struggling independent bookstore begins to. Kitty is a woman whose life doesnt fit the intense strictures of the world she comes from she is not married with kids but is living a fulfilling life as a bookstore owner, as a woman in the 1960s who lives with complete control over her every move. Denvers cynthia swanson talks about her debut novel, the. Cynthia swansons the bookseller is both a delightful and haunting exploration of identity, love and loss. How new york times bestselling author of the bookseller. The bookseller is a firsttime novel for cynthia swanson. She has published short fiction in numerous journals and been a. Shes quite content, but begins to have vivid dreams of. The bookseller, her first novel, was an indie next pick and is being translated into eleven languages. An indie next selection and the winner of the 2016 willa award for historical fiction, the bookseller was also nominated for the goodreads choice award and the mpiba reading the west award. Joanna hershon, author of a dual inheritance i inhaled the bookseller.
The bookseller, her first novel, was an indie next pick and is. Cynthia swanson novelist editor self employed linkedin. When she begins having dreams about an alternate reality katharyn must. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. I finished this novel, covertocover, in nearly one sitting. Cynthia has published short fiction in numerous journals and been a pushcart prize nominee. Set in denver in the early 1960s, cynthia swansons the bookseller pulls us directly and immediately into the world of kitty miller. Kitty miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life.
In the bookseller, writing with a sharptinged empathic pen, cynthia swanson takes us on a startling journey where a woman is thrust into the alternative world that might have been, had she made different choices. Cynthia swanson is the new york times bestselling author of the bookseller, which is slated to be a motion picture starring julia roberts. But then she begins having dreams that show her an alternate reality. The bookseller won the 2016 willa award for historical fiction and has been translated into a dozen languages. The new york times best seller, soon to be a major film produced by julia roberts a provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantal. Book store coowner katharyn kitty miller learns that even tiny changes can drastically alter the outcome of ones entire life in the novel the bookseller by cynthia swanson. The bookseller is slated to be a movie starring julia roberts. Julia roberts to star in adaptation of cynthia swansons. The bookseller is a fun ride, an eticket for readers of all kinds. Some characters from her life at the bookstore are in the dream, and some are not. Cynthia swanson is thenew york timesandusa todaybestselling author of the bookseller. A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of sliding doors, the bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must. In 1962, kitty wakes in katharyns bed next to katharyns husband, lars.
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