Tag: Bookshop stories
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Love of the Second Hand

A chance visit to a charity bookshop on Liverpool’s Smithdown Road stirs childhood memories of Arabian Nights, cassette tapes, and the magic of being read to. When a half-heard song leads to an unexpected conversation with a stranger, books become a bridge between generations—parenthood, music, feminism, and nostalgia quietly intertwining. Love of the Second Hand…