a lovely read, a book at its heart about friendship, and how it changes as we change as people, i am in love with the side characters, and would of happily read any book about them too, i identify with jo a lot, i loved a good stationary shop as a kid and would love to own one, i love the complete mix of people who who enter the shop, i really want to be friends with jo, malcom and ruth, i wish malcoms back store was expanded on a little more, and i would definitely love to read his book, i love how the art of a hand written letter helps bring some relationships back together, i would love to see stationary shops popping up across the country maybe with handwriting work shops, we have all been in relationships like jo, where the guy is no good for you but you just dont see it, i feel for her a lot and it broke my heart how it effected her relationship with lucy