What does it really take to be a writer?
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Lacy Simons of Hello Hello Books in Rockland, Maine.Lacy Simons is a hard person to buy a book for — she owns a bookstore.But this holiday season, one of her employees did just that."Which was a bold move," Simons said. Though "it worked out really well for him, because it's one of the best books I've ever read."The book is "The Resurrection of Joan Ashby," by Cherise Wolas.At the center of the narrative is Joan, a woman who has known she wanted to be a…
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