Storybook Ending: A Novel by Moira Macdonald

A charming story about friendship, community, and the magic that happens in bookstores—when an anonymous note left in a book finds the wrong recipient.

April, a smart and lonely tech worker, worries work from home has gotten out of hand: She’s left an anonymous note in a book for Westley, the clerk at her Seattle neighborhood bookstore who has a gentle smile and looks great in flannel. But thanks to fate, Laura—a busy single mom who had given up on love—buys the book, finds the note, and thinks Westley has left it for her. A handsome man who loves books seems like just the plot twist she has been looking for.

Meanwhile, Westley—not the most perceptive—is too distracted by the movie filming at the store and the ambition it’s unlocked in him to notice either of the two women. But as April and Laura’s anonymous correspondence continues back and forth, their mundane routines are challenged, sparking a glimmer of hope. Is a happy ending in the cards for them?

A heartwarming web of mistaken identities and serendipitous encounters, Storybook Ending is a playful tribute to friendship, love stories of all kinds, and to the objects—from a forgotten slip of paper to someone’s heart—left between the pages of books we loved.

REVIEWS

"Moira Macdonald’s debut novel Storybook Ending is a joyous gift . . . Partway through the first page . . . I started crying. Not with sorrow — the novel starts with the most intriguing two sentences, then takes us directly into the luminous, cinematic mind of one of the main characters, April. It was joy, pride and a strange, wonderful recognition."—The Seattle Times

“Seattle’s Moira Macdonald mixes romance, comedy and pop culture in perfect vacation read . . . [it’s] ready to be packed in the tote bag to read under on a sun-swept afternoon through rose-colored glasses.”—The Spokesman-Review

“Set in post-pandemic Seattle, this novel taps into the reality, and importance, of human relationships: to places, to each other and to the objects we cherish most.”
—Seattle Magazine

PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback
Publisher: Dutton
ISBN: 978-0593851296
Pages: 320