Adapted from the 1978 novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop is set in 1959 England and follows a free-spirited widow who opens a bookshop in a conservative coastal town and is met with opposition by a local grand dame. Directed by Isabel Coixet, the film stars Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, and Bill Nighy.
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