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Parnassus On Wheels
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First published in 1917, Parnassus on Wheels remains a celebration of booksellers, independence, and the quietly radical idea that it is never too late to begin a new life.
Helen McGill is thirty-nine, sensible, and tired of keeping house for her head-in-the-clouds brother. Enter the eccentric Roger Mifflin on a crisp autumn day, driving a horse-drawn wagon called Parnassus. Inside, you’ll find books packed floor to ceiling. “Books on cookery and farming, novels passionate and charming, ever...