The Silence of the Girls in the Bookshop

The Silence of the Gilrs by Pat Barker

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become." - Ursula K. LeGuin

 

The Thousand Autumns in the Bookshop

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

"Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books." - Jean Rhys