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The Bookshop Ladies by Faith Hogan is an uplifting contemporary novel about a grieving widow who uncovers a hidden family connection in a small Irish coastal town.Joy Blackwood lives in Paris. Her French art dealer husband, Yves, dies unexpectedly. On his deathbed, he makes a shocking confession and leaves a valuable painting to a stranger named Robyn Tessier.Determined to find answers, Joy travels to Ballycove, a small town on the west coast of Ireland.Joy finds that Robyn runs a chaotic, struggling bookshop. Robyn is shy, deals with unrequited love, and desperately needs business advice.Posing as a visitor, Joy rents a room and gets drawn into the daily lives of the warm, close-knit community. It becomes hard for Joy to reveal why she came. When she finally tells the truth, it shakes the entire town.