Sunday, September 9, 2018

The Bookshop: For the love of reading

The seaside town of Hardborough, England appears to be an ideal spot to open a book store in 1959. At least that's what war widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) believed.

How wrong she was unfolds in this beautiful, melancholic movie, also starring Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson.

The dream was born before the war when Florence met her beloved husband while working at a book store, and after initial success with her shop, the dream was dashed.

Still, without giving anything away, the Movie Slut will say that Florence was not a failure. Her love of books and reading lived on. You'll have to see this lovely film to learn how.

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