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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 | : | Deluxe 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 Containing Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
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Collins moves his family from San Francisco to the book town of Hay-On-Wye, Wales. The young couple plan on buying a house and raising their son there as Paul awaits his first book to be published. In the meantime, he works for "The King of Hay" in one of the towns many bookstores, meets the Hay Festival organizer and many of the locals and attempts to find a house that won't fall down on them.This is my second read of Sixpence House and I love Collins' writing and also his perspective, as an2.5 starsThis is the story of Paul Collins and his wife, who moved from San Francisco to a small town in Wales, Hay-on-Wye, a town with more book stores per capita than anywhere else in the world. Paul is an author and while raised in America, the product of British parents. He is working on getting his first book published. This was a recommended book because I loved The Bookman's Tale which I read earlier this month.Unfortunately, I really struggled with this book. I generally like books about
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
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.
This started out really good with a breezy style and cool chapter headings in the style of old novels. Much ruminating on the state of reading, books, literacy and popular culture with more interesting quotes than I cared to write down in my journal. I particularly recall the author's discussion with a realtor who told him that too many visible books in a house actually decreases its sales appeal!! Not in my eyes, that's for sure. Unfortunately the book became something of a let-down with too
I wish this book had been more about books and less about the author's personal experiences. The rating should be 2.5 stars.
This book was a fun read. I need to go to this town that has 40 used bookstores!
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