Confessions of a Curious Bookseller

Fawn Birchill is the owner of an old book store in West Philadelphia. She has a couple employees. Her business is failing. As a youth, she was forced to work at her father's general store. Her father is now in the hospital on his deathbed. Fawn will not visit him.

Fawn lives in the bookstore building. She has a tenant Jane who is elderly. Fawn often visits Jane and watches TV with her. Fawn eventually rents a room to Rainbow, a magician who wants to eventually perform in Las Vegas.

Fawn corresponds with a gentleman named Gregory. Fawn pretends to be a rich British heiress when writing to Gregory. Fawn also emails her mom and sister. Her sister is married with children. Fawn is also a frequent poster to a local blog.

Mark opens another bookstore close to Fawn's and became very successful. Eventually Fawn's employees either quit or are fired, and they end up working for Mark. This leaves Fawn running the store by herself until she gets a volunteer named Jack.

Jack is a bit slow. But it turns out his family is rich. Fawn's father dies. While at the funeral, Jack texts her that the store is falling into a sinkhole. Fawn immediately leaves the funeral to find out it is her competitor Mark's store that was destroyed. As Fawn realizes she cannot afford to maintain her bookstore building, she decides to sell it to Mark. Then Fawn takes off to travel the world with Greg, who also was embellishing the truth about himself.