The Bookstore on the Island

The entire life of the ambitious and talented journalist Frike is packed into boxes and suitcases — in a week she will fly from Hamburg to Boston with her beloved man. But the editor-in-chief gives her a final assignment: to go to a small island in the North Sea and write an article about an eccentric ornithologist.

Spikerog astonishes the journalist: cozy houses, endless dunes, no cars, no connection, and the local bookstore owner knows the tastes of her customers even better than they do themselves. The longer Frike stays away from the mainland, the more she wonders: is happiness really waiting for her where she has longed to go?

Julia Peters' novel is a mesmerizing story about self-discovery, filled with the sounds of the sea, the aroma of books, and the feeling of quiet happiness that comes only when you stop living in a rush.