The Book of Beginnings

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes an utterly beautiful and charming novel full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered …

Her new chapter starts now …

Jo Sorsby is hiding from her past when she agrees to run her uncle’s beloved stationery shop. Glimpsing the lives of her customers between the warm wooden shelves, as they scribble little notes and browse colorful notebooks, distracts her from her bruised heart.

When she meets Ruth, a vicar running from a secret, and Malcolm, a septuagenarian still finding himself, she suddenly realizes she isn’t alone.

They each have a story that can transform Jo’s life … if only she can let them in.

The perfect gift for book lovers everywhere, The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Bookshop in this gorgeous novel about secrets, second chances, and finding friendship in the most unlikely places.

©2023 Sally Page (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Unique intertwined story of self love, friendship and ghosts that bind us.

The way the story is magically told and the total acceptance of others even if your beliefs differ.

simple and sweet

just a very sweet story. I fell in love with Malcolm and Ruth. Well-written with no silly drama.