num_pages: 176
description: Its not particularly difficult to run a successful bookshop thought Valerie: a grasp of the rudiments of business a sensible plan a little skill in negotiation a couple of contacts and a large portion of magic.When businesswoman Valerie takes over the bookshop owned by her aunt  who has vanished without trace  her intention is to bring some order to the chaos and then sell the business. But she has underestimated the power of the little shop. One day she stumbles upon a mysterious book with an unfinished ending. Valerie thinks it must be a defective copy but when a customer turns up searching for that very book her view of the shop  and world  shifts as she is forced to question what is and isnt possible.A Very Special Year is a declaration of love for literature for beautiful books the power and magic of stories as well as proof that the world of the imagination is still alive within us.
language: None
title: A Very Special Year
publisher: Oneworld Publications