An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “At the age of 19, Wendy Werris started her “summer” job in the book business at Pickwick Bookshop in Hollywood. She takes us with her in a book journey that extended for about 39 years in the book industry. What’s not to love about this book? The book business, the writers, the...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “At the age of 19, Wendy Werris started her “summer” job in the book business at Pickwick Bookshop in Hollywood. She takes us with her in a book journey that extended for about 39 years in the book industry.
  What’s not to love about this book?
  The book business, the writers, the publishers and the small and massive books stores.
  Wendy Werris isn’t a great writer and to be honest she was too ordinary for me to care for her life story! But by the third chapter I was hooked. She’s such a simple humble soul who saw something interesting in every character she ever met. and I think that’s how we should reflect life.
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  Iman wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “I enjoyed this book about this woman's career as a book sales person for more than 35 years. I liked seeing the serendipitous events along the way that got her from her first jobs in book stores into the rare position, in those days, of being a saleswoman. Her anecdotes about her family and the impact on she and her mother of her father being a writer for the Jackie Gleason show among other. She notes friendships, encounters with famous people, mishaps, career gaffes along the way. Toward the end of the book, she reveals a personal trauma in such open detail that I couldn't believe she had held on to it until that point in this memoir. I recommend it.”

  Candelaria S wrote this review Thursday, June 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No