Book Lover

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Book Lover
Karen Mack

Jennifer Kaufman

One woman’s passion for books and search for romance lie at the heart of this touching and funny novel about literature and longing in Los Angeles.‘Women do different things when they’re depressed. Some smoke, others drink, some call their therapists, some eat…And I do what I have always done – go off on a book bender that can last for days.’Whenever she’s in crisis – her marriage ends, her career stalls, her fantasy man shows signs of human frailty – Dora (named after Eudora Welty) escapes into not one, not two, but a carefully selected stack of books, shutting the door on the outside world until she emerges from her book binge strong enough to face her problems. Books have always been her saving grace, sheltering her during a difficult childhood and arming her with lessons and epigrams that are right for nearly every situation. But life is more complicated than a-book-a-day, and people – like her ex-alcoholic mother and judgmental sister – aren’t as compliant as beloved characters in a novel…Whether she’s being seduced by a quotation-quipping Quixote, or explaining death to a child by reading from ‘Charlotte’s Web’, Dora is Every-reader, and her charming story, shot through with humour and humanity, will delight anyone who’s ever sought solace in the pages of a book.

JENNIFER KAUFMAN AND KAREN MACK

Book Lover

A NOVEL

Dedication (#ulink_6b2a288a-aa0b-5e83-bdfa-f17616e4efbc)

We would like to thank

our families who inspire us

and

Molly Friedrich, Frances Jalet-Miller,

and Danielle Perez,

who believed in us.

Contents

Cover (#ua91fdec6-aef9-5cca-ac08-c6f846852c32)

Title Page (#u5e75f1d9-2531-5d62-9998-a3f70e884d06)

Dedication (#u69c8d37b-ed7d-5cc8-a411-50cdab1e031f)

Preface (#u7ef2fb13-ad90-5c72-92cf-a9446f696b23)

Master of the Universe (#ucbb54d8e-2d7d-53ae-88a8-823096345b3b)

The Stakeout (#ua160498c-e7aa-57da-83c9-51e2eb241914)

Emily Post and Grand Larceny (#u77db2ab4-5c2d-56dc-a131-301ea7aef3ed)

The Roust (#u3193a18b-5489-5c35-830d-d139bbef38ff)

The Wasteland (#u1b32719e-74fa-5463-97c5-f4cc5a29d530)

Interview with Miss Piggy (#ufd9c5035-301a-5755-8371-e923cd4b5f74)

Stray Dogs and Other Companions (#u9daefddf-0242-5644-b195-eaaeab28e6ef)

Ivanhoe (#uc8efb86b-675d-5d76-807f-2b8d65987a3b)

The Beauty Thing (#u1246d923-5ea5-5deb-8000-5f95b054b704)

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before (#u3703a43f-f686-59d5-996a-f227694f1f53)

Happy Talk (#u64525896-eb2d-5c51-ba43-58f8c96602f3)

Of Cabbages and Kings (#u984651ef-ce36-57a0-967a-cde622097274)

The Morning After (#u1ea82e13-e5aa-5aaf-a478-2d1043afa1a0)

You Can Leave Your Hat On (#u896ec61f-4f85-5f6b-91fb-9aee6bece4d2)

House of Mirth (#u3b2aecea-3256-537f-9d2c-4b4055155182)

Where the Wild Things Are (#uc3460627-b3a6-50bd-95b5-c21e3194928f)

Catch the Soap (#u65b3b887-169e-57d0-90eb-911c122b028c)

What’s in a Name (#uc6c068ef-1649-52c1-bc55-20eadd7aff8e)

No Reliable Sense of Propriety (#uccd760b0-9db9-5fff-8fdb-cbf44a1407b9)

Mother’s Day (#ueb303016-488f-53e7-a9f6-97165b8200fb)

The Woman with Phenomenal Tresses (#u8ff04b60-b220-59be-807e-d0c94ef830c9)

Along Came a Spider (#u651c8a02-09f2-53d9-ab8f-e8652f17a1ff)

Funeral (#ue8bf130f-f029-5842-9ce8-b32b2172e47d)

Dr. Seuss Doesn’t Like Kids (#u7ebee8a8-5103-562c-8863-9b877583c4d7)

Halfway to Fairyland (#uabac0143-e4e7-598e-9b91-8f888239eef0)

Lost Days and Knights (#u88078b25-0459-5054-9f8a-8b49c9667c7f)

Dog Duty (#u33fb8a18-78b1-51e5-bcc5-3e29de2af95d)

A Christmas Carol (#u4a3ee9c9-b196-5bdf-932d-d784b113e816)

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (#uebf04a4b-9abf-5ae0-98df-1a31fc874217)

Save Me! (#udcf6b1f8-3616-5cbb-a009-b8697b546acb)

Princes and Toads (#ub23765e0-5096-5655-89f0-b6d92f7b75a3)

Drop Dead. Strong Letter to Follow. (#u3fa4683a-3228-5091-bbc1-f25a754c97fd)

Border Crossings (#ud24301b2-4e54-5926-95a7-7a3f89b1569f)

Ripping Off Rudyard (#u344e6705-c7ae-51a0-8d6b-33eb69e3e9ff)

Nightmare (#u9a77afc7-4d77-52fb-a156-70c2bf923bcb)

Last Book Standing (#ud7a9869b-1e9b-5c7b-bf69-8c61ad2c2677)

Something Occurred to Me (#ud38185f8-042a-56af-b1cb-b07051620899)

Epilogue (#u5abdba15-c366-51e0-bd72-19affa3bbff2)

Authors’ Note (#udc4e99f8-bba0-5bca-afce-42ecd4ed8d17)

Book List (#u7981226e-801a-5422-aa00-30640ae0f6c9)

About the Authors (#u4d892a93-4711-54fa-be60-4329166a21c6)

Copyright (#uc7828afa-0a5a-535d-96ea-51debbee6d82)

About the Publisher (#uc0c91878-e448-5bca-8140-b7c9aad4d40e)