The Little Book Ship

Novel
Suhrkamp | Insel

The Little Book Ship / Das kleine Bücherschiff
Novel

Old boat, new love and many, many books

For fans of Rachael Lucas, Frida Skybäck and Jenny Colgan

Miri is newly single. Together with her best friend Katja, she set out to realise her lifelong dream of opening her own bookshop. They find just the place for it: an old barge in Hamburg harbour. With passion and dedication, the two friends convert the battered barge into a book ship. Miri’s private life is also on the up and up, and she could imagine more than just friendly small talk in the stairwell with her neighbour Henning. But then one thing leads to another: The rent for the...

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Miri is newly single. Together with her best friend Katja, she set out to realise her lifelong dream of opening her own bookshop. They find just the place for it: an old barge in Hamburg harbour. With passion and dedication, the two friends convert the battered barge into a book ship. Miri’s private life is also on the up and up, and she could imagine more than just friendly small talk in the stairwell with her neighbour Henning. But then one thing leads to another: The rent for the floating bookshop is increased, the ship is to be luxuriously refurbished – by Henning’s architectural firm. A world comes crashing down for Miri and Katja – can they save their book ship from the real estate sharks?

An old barge transformed into a floating bookshop by two friends. A romantic new beginning in Hamburg for a young woman who has to learn to trust in love again – The Little Book Ship is an irresistibly charming romance novel full of humour.

2023, 415 pages
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Tessa Hansen is the pen name of Regina Mengel, an author born in Wuppertal in 1966. She loves romantic comedies and Hamburg, the setting of her latest novel.
Tessa Hansen is the pen name of Regina Mengel, an author born in Wuppertal in 1966. She loves romantic comedies and Hamburg, the setting of her...