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Goodnight June
Goodnight June: A Novel | Sarah Jio
8 posts | 25 read | 11 to read
The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight Moon Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight Songs) is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the great green room might have come to be. June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Rubys estate and determine the fate of Bluebird Books, the childrens bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s. Amidst the stores papers, June stumbles upon letters between her great-aunt and the late Margaret Wise Brownand steps into the pages of American literature.
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kissmehardy
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Mehso-so

Not terrible, but not a total winner for me. As much as I loved the Goodnight Moon connections, I could never suspend my disbelief enough to allow fictional Aunt Ruby to have created portions of the story instead of MWB herself. But June was a compelling character, and I was invested enough to finish! #womensfiction

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This book.......inherit a bookstore..#dreams

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Clwojick
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Pickpick

Another great audiobook by Sarah Jio. This one had family drama, a failing children's bookstore, a cute boy next door, some yummy sounding Italian cuisine, decades old letters between two best friends, heartache and of course love. 💗 off to go find more of Sarah Jio's books to stack!! 📚📚📚📚📚

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rachelm
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Pickpick

A sweet, kid-book homage filled women's fiction. Woman returns home to take over her aunt's bookstore and learns about her aunt's friendship with the author of Goodnight Moon. Will she return to her old life?

Light and just what I needed for a pre-bedtime read.

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Morgan7r
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book. It was light which made it super easy to read.

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Readingrobin
Pickpick

Although it veers towards predictable at times, this a solid story with lovely references about children's book authors.

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Readingrobin
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Knowing I will see this author at an event in May, I downloaded this from Overdrive and so far, so good 😊

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PatriciaU
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We‘re each given one life, and it‘s our job to make it useful, beautiful, and fulfilling. There is no value in suffering through it, doing something we hate. There‘s no prize at the end for that kind of endurance. Just a spent life.”