He can’t find the mother and reluctantly agrees to take care of the child temporarily. Fikry who finds a 3-year-old baby by the name Maya in his store one day. It is the story of a book store owner in a secluded town, A.J. Fikry” is one such book that leaves you spellbound and feeling good. Gabrielle Zevin’s “The Collected Works of A.J. They are nice and cosy to read, and when it’s over, you’ll discover they have cast a spell on you, and you won’t be able to get the book out of your head for the next few days. However, there are other books that are not boring or fast-paced. Both kinds of books are perhaps undesirable for complete satisfaction from reading. There are other books that are page-turners, where you devour the book in no time. Fikry, and check out the movie starring Lucy Hale and Kunal Nayyar in theaters now.There are many books that when you start reading, you find it a chore to go through the pages, hoping the story would either improve or end so that you can just be done with it. It only took me two nights to finish it from cover to cover! Pick up your copy of The Storied Life of A.J.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and although the ending had me reaching for the Kleenex box, as all books that truly touch your heart do, I definitely recommend giving this book a read. “ In the end, we are collected works.” ― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J.

comes across one of the books that Amelia left for him, and thus begins a course of events that will change his life forever. Shortly after welcoming Maya into his home for good, A.J.

considers giving her up, but there is something about Maya that warms his cold heart. A two-year-old girl, Maya is left in the bookstore with a note that the mother wishes her child to grow up surrounded by books. Then something happens that changes his life forever. sends her away with no real intentions of ever buying any of the titles from Knightley. she leaves behind a few of her favorite titles, about a man who found love for the first time very late in life. When Amelia, a young rep from Knightley Publishing shows up for her first meeting with A.J. Overcome with grief, he’s begun to hate his job, and then when he thinks matters can’t get any worse, his prized rare book by Edgar Allen Poe is stolen. The charming bookstore, Island Books located on Alice Island is owned and operated by widower, A.J. Fikry, is one of the books that come to life the moment you read the first page. “ There’s something kind of heroic about being a bookseller.” ― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J.

The collected works of aj fikry