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Timeless: There’s magic in a book …
Timeless: There’s magic in a book …
Max always felt too ordinary for the magical village of Lampton. No place more so than her mum’s bookshop, where the recommendations are more than just a matter of taste – they’re magic.
When Max’s mum dies suddenly, she leaves her daughter Lamplight Books and makes one last wish: that Max would spend a year working in the bookshop before she sells it.
Max has no desire to uproot her busy life in the city to return to a place that always made her feel inadequate, but she can’t ignore her mum’s last request. So she decides on a trial run of two weeks – if she can’t even last that long, then a year would be impossible…
Lampton and other book havens
The city: Max starts the book living and working a busy, fast-paced corporate life in a generic, unnamed modern city.
The Village: Lampton is modelled after a classic, rural British village, featuring traditional independent shops like a local bakery.
Lampton no doubt inspiration from tiny, historic book towns or the quaint rural villages found throughout the UK countryside.
Destination/location: Lampton, England Author/guide: August Bloom Departure Time: Timeless
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