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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 7 other novels

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The Brewster Book Store

November 18, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Books on the Cape: Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Brewster Book Store, and More

Who knew Cape Cod had so many great bookstores and other book places? Mac and I - who are spending a long weekend here before joining family in Mystic, …

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November 13, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Ann Patchett, Richard Russo, John Grisham, Garth Stein and Others Give A Shout-Out to Indie Bookstores!

Today (horray!) is the publication date for My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop. Richard Russo kicks off this …

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October 10, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Lake Forest Book Store, Lake Forest IL

Charming suburban Chicago bookstore with smart booksellers and great events When folks ask where I grew up ... well, it's complicated, so I either give the long …

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October 6, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

The Book Bin, Northbrook IL

My teenaged bookstore I have a sentimental attachment to The Book Bin in Northbrook, Illinois, which Janis and Lex Irvine opened when I was growing up there. It …

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August 18, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Harvard Books, Cambridge MA

an indie store on Harvard Square We're headed to the east coast for Thanksgiving this year, and one of the things I'm looking forward to is a return to Harvard …

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August 7, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

The Coop, Cambridge MA

my son's favorite hangout When I visited Cambridge, Massachusettes this February - knowing my son would be moving there after graduating in June - I walked the …

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July 31, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

1 Question: Do You Have a Favorite Bookstore? Here are some of mine…

Four years ago this month and just a couple weeks after my second novel, The Wednesday Sisters, released, I learned it would be on the San Francisco …

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July 20, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Nancy Pearl on Judging a Book by its Cover

I came across this lovely bit in Nancy Pearl's Book Lust this week, and it screamed "Friday Fun!" “If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 …

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July 16, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Longfellow Books, Portland ME

warm and cozy, with walls and tables filled with books, and a bookseller who had lots to say about books that I also loved I spent a long weekend in February …

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July 10, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Readers' Books, Sonoma CA

better than a winery tour, and at author events you might get a glassPerhaps it says something about my marriage that Mac and I, on a 24th anniversary trip to …

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