**A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller *"A heartwarming tale about literature's power to transform." -- People *

**A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller *"A heartwarming tale about literature's power to transform." -- People *

** A heartwarming reminder of why we are booklovers, this is a sweet, smart story about how books find us, change us, and connect us.**

• Once you let a book into your life, the most unexpected things can happen...*

Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her book-loving pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds Amy's funeral guests just leaving. The residents of Broken Wheel are happy to look after their bewildered visitor--there's not much else to do in a dying small town that's almost beyond repair.

You certainly wouldn't open a bookstore. And definitely not with the tourist in charge. You'd need a vacant storefront (Main Street is full of them), books (Amy's house is full of them), and...customers.

The bookstore might be a little quirky. Then again, so is Sara. But Broken Wheel's own story might be more eccentric and surprising than she thought.