LookforAmyMeyerson’snewnovelTheImperfects,acaptivatingliterarypage-turner.THEINTERNATIONALBESTSELLERBestBooksofSummer2018SelectionbyPhiladelphiaInquirerandLibraryJournal“Partmysteryandpartdrama,MeyersonusesacomplexfamilydynamicinTheBookshopofYesterdaystospotlighttheimportanceoftruthandourneedforforgiveness.“--AssociatedPressAwomaninheritsabelovedbookstoreandsetsforthonajourneyofself-discoveryinthispoignantdebutaboutfamily,forgivenessandaloveofreading.MirandaBrooksgrewupinthestacksofhereccentricUncleBilly’sbookstore,solvingtheinventivescavengerhuntshecreatedjustforher.ButonMiranda’stwelfthbirthday,Billyhasamysteriousfalling-outwithhermotherandsuddenlydisappearsfromMiranda’slife.Shedoesn’thearfromhimagainuntilsixteenyearslaterwhenshereceivesunexpectednews:BillyhasdiedandleftherProsperoBooks,whichisteeteringonbankruptcy--andonefinalscavengerhunt.WhenMirandareturnshometoLosAngelesandtoProsperoBooks--nowasitsowner--shefindscluesthatBillyhashiddenforherinsidenovelsonthestore’sshelves,inlockeddrawersofhisapartmentupstairs,inthenameofthestoreitself.MirandabecomesdeterminedtosaveProsperoBooksandtosolveBilly’slastscavengerhunt.ShesoonfindsherselfdrawnintoajourneywhereshemeetspeoplefromBilly’spast,peoplewhosestoriesrevealahistorythatMiranda’smotherhaskepthidden--andtheterriblesecretthattoreherfamilyapart.Bigheartedandtrenchantlyobservant,TheBookshopofYesterdaysisalyricalstoryoffamily,loveandthehealingpowerofcommunity.It’salovelettertoreadingandbookstores,andatestamenttohowourhistoriesshapewhowebecome.
