City of Books Audiobook, by Nicole Meier Play Audiobook Sample

City of Books Audiobook

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Read By: Cindy Kay Publisher: Dreamscape Media Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781666664348

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

43

Longest Chapter Length:

22:29 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

12:14 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Inspired by the temporary shuttering of Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon, City of Books explores a bibliophile’s fantasy: moving into a bookstore to stop it from closing.

Jo Waterstone knows what you should read next. She’s honed the skill of sizing up a person and recommending their next book in the decades she’s worked at Bruebaker’s Books. Her life has been shaped by the store, the bustle of customers exploring the stacks, and managing the eager staff. She can honestly say it’s the best job she’s ever had.

Then the store’s elderly owner, Mr. Bruebaker, suffers a stroke, and just like that Jo’s perfect job is on the chopping block. Mr. B’s daughters and the bookstore’s icy CEO think the time is right to close for good, and they order Jo to lock up. But she doesn’t know what she would be without Bruebaker’s—and besides, the place is an institution. So instead of following orders, she decides to take a stand: along with a few brave team members, she barricades herself in the store, trying to buy time until Mr. Bruebaker recovers and can speak for himself.

Living in a bookstore has a certain magic to it, but the quiet hours among the books throw the choices Jo has made in her life into sharp relief. As supporters (and detractors) start to voice their opinions about her actions, Jo will have to decide what, exactly, is worth saving.

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About Nicole Meier

Nicole Meier is the author of three novels. She is a native Southern Californian who pulled up roots and moved to the Pacific Northwest where she works as a freelance travel and lifestyle writer for several Oregon publications.

About Cindy Kay

Cindy Kay is a Chinese Thai American narrator and educator who grew up in the California Bay Area and lives in the Rockies. Her work has been described as listening to a “cozy best friend.” She narrates fiction and nonfiction, and has studied Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Japanese.