![]() ![]() ![]() When she receives word about the death of her Great-Aunt Ruby back in her hometown of Seattle and learns she's inherited Bluebird Books, the children's bookstore Ruby had founded in the 1940s, June takes her first vacation days in years and flies back home, intending to sell the assets and return to Manhattan as soon as she can. ![]() and although she's very good at her job, her blood pressure is soaring, and she doesn't like what she's become. She's the type of person that owners of Mom-and-Pop stores love to hate, for good reason. In 2005, June Andersen is a high-powered New York financier responsible for foreclosing on small businesses that have missed too many mortgage payments. Here, she ties all of these themes together with relatable, human characters and a heartfelt tribute to Margaret Wise Brown's classic children's book, Goodnight Moon. ![]() Writing with a light touch, she has a gift of reaching deeply into issues that matter to her readers – in this case the importance of children's literature, the value of books and bookstores in our technology-driven age, and the complicated bonds between sisters. It's been a while since I've been as emotionally caught up in a book as I was with Sarah Jio's Goodnight June. ![]()
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