Audio Book Description:
Eighteen years old and completely alone,Rosemary arrives in NewYork from Tasmania with little more than a love of books and eagerness to explore thecity she`s read so much about. She begins her search for independence with appealing enthusiasm, and the moment she steps into the Arcadebookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, givesher a job sorting through piles of booksand helping the rest of the staff, agroup as odd as the characters in a Dickens novel. But whena letter arrivesfrom someone seeking to "place" a lost manuscript by Herman Melville, thesimmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff arise to a boiling point.