HEN I’m feeling weary and blue… I go to a bookshop,’ as Noël Coward didn’t quite write in his unusually sad song. A particular type of bookshop is mandatory, of course, with an inviting, but not too flashy window display, rickety, bulging). There must be no pressure to purchase, only an unspoken invitation to browse, and it should have the respectful, peaceful ambience of a library.
Books as balm
Oct 11, 2023
2 minutes
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