The Sandy Page Bookshop: A Novel

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Leah Powell returns to Chatham, Massachusetts, to the cottage her father has left her after his passing–a death that is fraught with complications, but she has nowhere else to go. Hannah McKinnon’s The Sandy Page Bookshop serves as a reminder that there’s usually more than one side to a story and that you can, sometimes, go home again.

When Leah gets to Chatham, she is newly single, jobless, and adrift. The plan she had for her life has vanished, and she isn’t sure how to navigate the world on her own. As we learn of her story, a local girl named Lucy is distraught over a car accident that has seriously injured her sister, and the widowed Eudora is trying to find a way back into the world after years of self-imposed solitude.

These three women come together at the Sandy Page Bookshop, and the adventure Leah begins without knowing for certain how it will turn out. The book asks readers to imagine what family means, which secrets are worth keeping, and how far you would go to become who you were always meant to be. In short, it’s darling.


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Author Hannah McKinnon
Star Count 5/5
Format Trade
Page Count 384 pages
Publisher Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Publish Date 22-Jul-2025
ISBN 9781668025215
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Issue October 2025
Category Modern Literature
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Leah Powell returns to Chatham, Massachusetts, to the cottage her father has left her after his passing–a death that is fraught with complications, but she has nowhere else to go. Hannah McKinnon’s The Sandy Page Bookshop serves as a reminder that there’s usually more than one side to a story and that you can, sometimes, go home again.

When Leah gets to Chatham, she is newly single, jobless, and adrift. The plan she had for her life has vanished, and she isn’t sure how to navigate the world on her own. As we learn of her story, a local girl named Lucy is distraught over a car accident that has seriously injured her sister, and the widowed Eudora is trying to find a way back into the world after years of self-imposed solitude.

These three women come together at the Sandy Page Bookshop, and the adventure Leah begins without knowing for certain how it will turn out. The book asks readers to imagine what family means, which secrets are worth keeping, and how far you would go to become who you were always meant to be. In short, it’s darling.

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Author Hannah McKinnon
Star Count 5/5
Format Trade
Page Count 384 pages
Publish Date Atria/Emily Bestler Books
ISBN 9781668025215
Amazon Buy this Book
Issue October 2025
Category Modern Literature
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