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| Original Title: | Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books |
| Edition Language: | English |
Paul Collins
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.65 | 2577 Users | 391 Reviews
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| Title | : | Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books |
| Author | : | Paul Collins |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2004 by Bloomsbury USA (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Writing. Books About Books. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Travel. Biography |
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Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside—to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants—and forty bookstores. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of the author's own first book, Sixpence House becomes a heartfelt and often hilarious meditation on what books mean to us.Rating Of Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Ratings: 3.65 From 2577 Users | 391 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Why do I read these books? It is like a sickness. Paul Collins says: Are me & my wife the only Americans who don't own or drive cars? (YES PAUL YOU ARE JUST THAT SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT. ALSO YOU ARE THE ONLY AMERICAN NAMED "PAUL." TRUE FACT.) Paul Collins says: 890 square feet would "barely accommodate" a 1-bedroom apt. in the USA. Paul Collins says American grocery stores are never ever ever out of anything ever. Paul Collins says EVERY AMERICAN HAS DIAMONDS FOR TEETH AND BATHES IN PEARLSPaul Collins moved his wife and baby from San Francisco to the small Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye. He wanted to give his son the chance to grow up as he had in the country, free to roam the hills, exploring as any boy would love to do. But Hay-on-Wye is not just a small Welsh village. It is The Town of Books with only 1500 residents and forty bookshops (almost all of them specializing in used / antiquarian books). This is a memoir of their family adventure.Collins was born in America, of British
An absorbing, hilarious delight. Nothing sidesteps Collins' snark. This only aggravates my wanderlust for Hay-on-Wye (how did I make it to the UK twice and miss that town of books each time? I've known about it for ages.). It's a very calm sort of book but one you will not want to read on public transit lest your laughter alarms the nearby passengers. The myth of used books slips into my soul and nestles there; Collins has the same feeling, and it's a delight to find that "you, too?" in this
Paul Collins and his family moved from San Francisco to Hay-on-Wye, a small Welsh village with 40 antiquarian bookstores. Although Collins was born in the States, his parents were British and he had family in the area. He and his wife were looking for a place in the country to raise their toddler son. Their search for a home took them to many stone houses--money pits that were hundreds of years old and in questionable condition.Paul worked in a large antiquarian bookstore while he was going
This is a book for people who love to read and if they also are enchanted with Wales and wish they could live there, it's even better. Paul Collins is a writer who evidently has been doing quite well because he was able to afford to move with his wife and young son from California to the little Welsh village of Hay-on-Wye, known as the town of books. It's true. I was there about 15 years ago and it was like dying and going to heaven. There were dozens of used book stores - most of them housed in
Perhaps the two stars are because this wasn't very interesting. Perhaps they're because I'm jealous. The author was just casually browsing in the biggest used bookstore in Hay-on-Wye, fell into conversation with the owner, and just like that was offered the job of organizing the American fiction section. That would never happen to me, and it's not fair. hmmf.
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