The Bookshop

On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 I went to see the movie The Bookshop, featuring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson.

The movie is based on a Penelope Fitzgerald novel, which talks about Florence Green, a widow, who decides to risk everything and open a book shop in a small town.  However, she faces a local "diva", Violet Gamart, who believes that the town doesn't need a book shop, but an arts centre.

The movie develops a story around Green, who tries to bring some culture into the town via the novels of Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov, but she quickly realizes that just how stubborn and conservative the townspeople might be.

What does she do?  Does she fight and win?  Does she pack it up and go?  You'll have to watch it to find out!