{"product_id":"9781529110128","title":"Bookish : How Reading Shapes Our Lives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Lucy Mangan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 March 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Square Peg) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e148 x 224 x 30mm | 414g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A bookworm's delight' Sara Collins | 'A gorgeous hug of a book – funny, warm and charming' Marian Keyes | 'Comforting, funny and moving' Sali Hughes | 'Lucy Mangan on books is like butter on toast: perfect' Caitlin Moran | [Mangan] makes for a wonderfully incisive critic' ObserverA love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom exploring the stacks as a student, to finding her feet as a bookseller-turned-journalist, falling for a fellow bookworm in an independent bookshop, escaping the doldrums of new motherhood and finally building a (book) room of her own, Bookish is the story of a life spent falling in love with reading. Bookworm author Lucy Mangan chronicles her years of buying, borrowing and hoarding everything from well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels and other not-so-guilty pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations, this book is an ode to the bookish places – from local libraries to bookstores big and small – and the stories that make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucy Mangan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261129273669,"sku":"9781529110128","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529110128.jpg?v=1763037591","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529110128","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}