The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

From acclaimed author Shauna Robinson comes a bookish,millennial story about a young woman looking to start a new chapter in her lifeand in doing so finds a community built around the books we love and the stories we can’t forget. Who decides which stories are worth telling? Maggie Banks’s life is a bit of a mess. After losing a job and moving back home with her parentsshe’s desperate for a new Life Plan. So when her best friend asks for help running her struggling bookstore in the quaint town of Bells RiverMaggie jumps on the opportunity. She doesn’t even like booksper sebut anything’s better than obsessively checking job boards from her childhood bedroom. It turns out Maggie’s not prepared for small-town life. More specificallythe strict rules enforced by the local historical society: the bookstore is only allowed to sell classics. But with a town full of people looking for fresh storiesMaggie knows she’ll have to get creative to keep the store afloat. And so begins Maggie’s underground book club: fungoofyand totally against the rules. Catering to the stories folks actually want to read and making fun of the stuffy classicsMaggie falls in love with books and realizes the power stories have to build community. But with a historical society itching to catch her and shut her down for goodand a budding relationship with an adorably strait-laced inspector weighing on her conscienceeverything starts to fall apart. And just as Maggie feels herself becoming a part of the communityshe unearths a town secret that could ruin everything. She’ll have to figure out what’s more important: the books that formed a small town’s historyor the stories poised to change it all. A warmfunny book club read about communityfinding yourselfand the transformative power of storiesThe Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks is a much-needed novel perfect for readers of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry and The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Praise for Must Love Books A heartfelt and exciting debut…a wise and honest story of how it feels to be a young woman in search of yourself.–Taylor Jenkins ReidNew York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising A tender reflection on finding your person while you’re still desperately searching for yourself.–KJ Dell’AntoniaNew York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters A book for book lovers… It’s impossible not to root for Nora!–Jesse Q. SutantoNational Bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties