Book guide
The Bookshop on the Shore
A struggling single mother flees London for a lochside Highland bookshop, where a new start may be exactly what she and her silent son need.
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About The Bookshop on the Shore
In the Scottish Highlands, a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch . . . Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy is perfect in every way - except for the fact that he just doesn't speak, at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn't know where to turn. Then Hari's aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need. Faced with an unwelcoming boss, a moody, distant bookseller named Ramsay Urquart, and a band of unruly children, Zoe wonders if she's made the right decision. But Hari has found his very first real friend, and no one could resist the beauty of the loch glinting in the summer sun. If only Ramsay would just be a little more approachable...
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Scottish Bookshop · Book 2 of 3
Content warnings
- mental illness
- self-harm
- forced institutionalization
- car accident
- suicide attempt
- pregnancy
- domestic abuse
- abandonment
- blood
- injury detail
- grief
- violence
- drug use
