Сьюзен Виггз: The Lost and Found Bookshop

My mother, Lou Klist, was my first writing mentor and first reader, and she inspired the character of Andrew Harper in this story. Love you, Mom.

Every book I write is enriched and informed by my literary agent, Meg Ruley, and her associate, Annelise Robey, and brought to life by the amazing publishing team at William Morrow Books—Rachel Kahan, Jennifer Hart, Liate Stehlik, Tavia Kowalchuk, Bianca Flores, and their many creative associates who make publishing such a grand adventure.

Special thanks to Laura Cherkas and Laurie McGee for smart and insightful copyediting, and to Marilyn Rowe for proofreading help.

I’m grateful to Cindy Peters and Ashley Hayes for keeping everything fresh online.

Like all writers, I’m grateful to the many booksellers who have enriched their communities—Jane and Victoria of Eagle Harbor Book Co., Suzanne and Suzanne of Liberty Bay Books, and so many others. Thanks to Donna Paz Kaufman and Laura Hayden for research help.

Most of the books and authors cited in this story are real. They are writers whose work I love, and I highly recommend them.

About the Author

SUSAN WIGGS’s life is all about family, friends . . . and fiction. She lives at the water’s edge on an island in Puget Sound, and in good weather, she commutes to her writers’ group in a twenty-one-foot motorboat. She’s been featured in the national media, including NPR, PRI, and USA Today ; has given programs for the U.S. Embassies in Buenos Aires and Montevideo; and is a popular speaker locally, nationally, internationally, and on the high seas.

From the very start, her writings have illuminated the everyday dramas of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. Her books celebrate the power of love, the timeless bonds of family, and the fascinating nuances of human nature. Today, she is an international bestselling, award-winning author, with millions of copies of her books in print in numerous countries and languages. According to Publishers Weekly , Wiggs writes with “refreshingly honest emotion,” and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is “one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book.” Booklist characterizes her books as “real and true and unforgettable.”

Her novels have appeared in the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list and have captured readers’ hearts around the globe with translations into more than twenty languages available in thirty countries.

The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier, and a terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. She divides her time between sleeping and waking.

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Also by Susan Wiggs

Contemporary Novels

The Oysterville Sewing Circle

Between You & Me

Map of the Heart

Family Tree

Home Before Dark

The Ocean Between Us

Summer by the Sea

Table for Five

Lakeside Cottage

Just Breathe

The Goodbye Quilt

The Bella Vista Chronicles

The Apple Orchard

The Beekeeper’s Ball

The Lakeshore Chronicles

Summer at Willow Lake

The Winter Lodge

Dockside

Snowfall at Willow Lake

Fireside

Lakeshore Christmas

The Summer Hideaway

Marrying Daisy Bellamy

Return to Willow Lake

Candlelight Christmas

Starlight on Willow Lake

Historical Novels

The Lightkeeper

The Drifter

The Mistress of Normandy

The Maiden of Ireland

The Tudor Rose Trilogy

At the King’s Command

The Maiden’s Hand

At the Queen’s Summons

The Chicago Fire Trilogy

The Hostage

The Mistress

The Firebrand

The Calhoun Chronicles

The Charm School

The Horsemaster’s Daughter

Halfway to Heaven

Enchanted Afternoon

A Summer Affair

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Digital Edition JULY 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-291413-2

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-291409-5

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