Book seller

It is a frustrating story for the reader and astonishingly powerful, reminding us of the novel "The Sliding Doors." The novel "The Book Seller" by Cynthia Swanson follows the life of a woman in the sixties of the twentieth century, who must reconcile her reality with her alternative and bewildering dream world. Nothing is as permanent as it seems... Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller is a woman who has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She is passionate about the bookstore she runs with her best friend, Frida, and enjoys complete control over its management day after day, where she can come and go as she wishes, without reporting to anyone... but things with Dr. Kevin were not as Kitty hoped. Then the dreams begin... Denver, 1963: Catherine Anderson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have a beautiful family, a stylish house, and good friends. Kitty Miller thought that this was all she wanted, but that only exists in her dreams when she sleeps. Convinced that these dreams are simply the result of her overactive imagination, Kitty enjoys her nightly adventures in this alternate world. But with each visit, Catherine's real life becomes more difficult. Can she choose the life she wants? If so, what is the cost of staying as Kitty, or becoming Catherine? With her two worlds becoming increasingly blurred, Kitty must distinguish between the real and the imagined. To what extent will she succeed in separating the world of reality from the world of dreams? As if the novel is also questioning us as readers how we should recognize where those boundaries lie in our own lives.