The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted Author:Robert Hillman It is 1968 in rural Australia and lonely Tom Hope can't make heads or tails of Hannah Babel. Newly arrived from Hungary, Hannah is unlike anyone he's ever met -- she's passionate, artistic, and fiercely determined to open sleepy Hometown's first bookshop. — Despite the fact that Tom has only read only one book in his life, the two... more » soon discover an astonishing spark. Recently abandoned by an unfaithful wife -- and still missing her sweet son, Peter -- Tom dares to believe that he might make Hannah happy. But Hannah is a haunted woman. Twenty-four years earlier, she had been marched to the gates of Auschwitz.
The Bookshop of the Broken Heartedcherishes the power of love, literature, and forgiveness to transform our lives, and -- if we dare allow them -- to mend our broken hearts.« less
This book surprised me. It wasn't at all like I thought it would be. It was even better. The characters were real people to me. I had a hard time putting it down and as soon as I did, I wanted to pick it back up again.