01720cam a2200325 4500 547200592 TxAuBib 20140520120000.0 140124s2014||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2014002920 9781410468895 hardcover 1410468895 hardcover (OCoLC)869141159 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO BTCTA TxAuBib Zevin, Gabrielle. The storied life of A. J. Fikry [large print] / by Gabrielle Zevin. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014. 319 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print basic. A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the change; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'s world. 20140520. Booksellers Fiction. Bookstores Fiction. Widowers Fiction. Abandoned children Fiction. Large type books. Thorndike Press large print basic. TXCKT