It’s not an eidetic memory as such rather Darcy has spent so much time with books, reading them at every available opportunity, looking at them on the wraparound shelves in her bedroom or selling them at the bookshop where she works, that summoning the words she loves takes no effort at all. Not at the start of this beguilingly honest story however where Darcy is known for one thing and one thing only – assuming anyone save bestie talented fashion designer-to-be Marisol notices her at all – which is the ability to summon whole pages of text or reams of Shakespearean dialogue at a moment’s notice.
Whether you’re a kid trying to pretend the bullies aren’t trying to bash down your existential door or that your family isn’t a chaotic mess of dysfunction, or an adult for whom reality is one searingly painful event too many, books offer a way to step away from life and its many sobering departures from the ideal world we’d all like to live in.īut it is possible to have too much of a good thing, yes, even books, as Darcy Wells, the endearing protagonist of Laura Taylor Namey’s effervescently-grounded debut novel, The Library of Lost Things knows all too well.
"A lovely tale for bookish readers that will give them all the feels.(cover image courtesy Harper Collins Australia) "A lovely tale for bookish readers that will give them all the feels." -Kirkus But securing her own happily-ever-after will mean she'll need to stop hiding and start living her own truth-even if it's messy. Still, after spending her whole life keeping people out, something about Asher makes Darcy want to open up. Fairy tales are one thing, but real love makes her want to hide behind her carefully constructed ink-and-paper wall. For the first time in her life, Darcy can't seem to find the right words. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother's hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary.īut then Asher Fleet, a former teen pilot with an unexpectedly shattered future, walks into the bookstore where she works.and straight into her heart.
"How could I open that door and let him see the messiest part of me?"įrom the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books.
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, this deeply heartfelt love story explores hiding the worst parts of ourselves, and finding the people who love us anyway.
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