A joyous novel about the way life surprises us, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill is the heart-warming story of a bookworm who finds everyday existence infinitely inferior to time spent reading.
Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020
Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own... shell.
Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, an excellent trivia team and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.
So when the father she never knew existed dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers.
And if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny and interested in getting to know her...
It's time for Nina to turn her own fresh page, and find out if real life can ever live up to fiction ...
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472266217
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 253 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
GORGEOUS - Marian Keyes
Charmed by its funny loveliness - Nina Stibbe, author of Reasons to be Cheerful
Funny, uplifting and a brilliant reminder of the magic of books. It's just such a deliciously lovely read, like a big slab of your favourite cake in book form. - Libby Page, author of The Lido
A funny and uplifting debut novel - Good Housekeeping
Like a conversation with the funniest person you know - just lovely - Katie Fforde
Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful - #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin
Waxman has given us a grow bag full of emotion - witty, uplifting and unashamedly honest - Heidi Swain, Sunday Times bestselling author of Summer at Skylark Farm
The Garden of Small Beginnings is a quirky, funny, and deeply thoughtful book. . . . We're already dying to know if there will be a sequel - HelloGiggles on The Garden of Small Beginnings
Cosy, life-affirming read - Cathy Hopkins, author of The Kicking the Bucket List
I feel slightly like this book was written for me personally. I work in a bookshop, am an introvert with anxiety who’s never known her father & I like trivia. Although I have a dog instead of a cat. I’m sure most... More
Bookworm Nina Hill lives and breaths books, she even works at a bookstore and runs their book clubs. She also likes her life to run smoothly and plans her day to the second. She doesn’t like change, people she doesn’t... More
I wasn't sure what to expect as hadn't read any books by this author before but will definitely be reading more. The plot appealed to me. Nina loves reading, is introverted and has just discovered she is... More
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