How scary the world can feel when you're navigating it anew. Join us, as we glance into the world of an independent bookstore to see how its owner, and wider community, live their vivacious lives in Scotland’s National Book Town through The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell. We discuss how this book came into Portia’s life in time to have a profound impact on her as she navigated recovery from M.E./Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; how terrifying life's fullness can feel once you become aware of your own fragility; and how the lessons found in The Diary of a Bookseller’s pages could help us all to step back into life after the pandemic.

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