01597cam a2200289 i 4500 423002111 TxAuBib 20200405120000.0 191202s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781883285852 1883285852 TxAuBib rda Hellenga, Robert, 1941- Love, death & rare books / Robert Hellenga. [New York] : Delphinium Books, [2020] 321 pages ; 24cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Chas. Johnson & Sons has been a family operation for three generationsgrandfather, father and son. But when it comes time for Gabe Johnson to take the reins of the business, the world of books has changed, and the combination of the internet and inner city rents forces the store to close. But instead of folding his hand, Gabe decides to risk everything he has and reopen the shopand, in a sense restart his lifein a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan. Haunted his entire life by an obsession with a former lover, he finds her again only to be faced with yet another even more difficult challenge that threatens the well-being of the revival of the bookstore as well as the fate of his rekindled relationship. 20200405. Bookstores Fiction. Family-owned business enterprises Fiction. Rare books Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Romance fiction.