De Verborgen Boekwinkel

An enchanting story about the magic of books and bookshops, love and finding your place in the world. For readers of Matt Haig, Sarah Penner and Nina George.

In a quiet street in Dublin, a hidden bookshop is waiting to be found.

1921. After fleeing an arranged marriage, Frenchwoman Opaline ends up in Dublin. There, to her delight, she finds a beautiful building and starts her dream bookshop.

2021. Martha has left her abusive husband and starts over as a live-in housekeeper for the quirky Madame Bowden in her extraordinary house in Dublin. One day, she meets Henry, an academic looking for a lost manuscript by Charlotte Brontë, which is supposed to be in a historic bookshop. But he can't find it anywhere. Martha decides to help him. What follows is a search for the hidden bookshop, but also for happiness, love and finding your place in the world.

“The great thing about books,” she said, “is that they give you the courage to imagine a bigger and better life than you ever dreamed.”