Esme Garland has arrived in Manhattan with a scholarship to study art history at Columbia University. When she falls in love with New York blue-blood Mitchell van Leuven, life seems to be clear sailing, but before she has a chance to tell Mitchell about her pregnancy, he abruptly ends it all. The Bookstore is a story about emotional discovery, the complex choices we all face and the accidental inspirations that make a life worth the reading.
