There is a classic dialogue in the movie The Killer is Not Too Cold. The girl asks Leon, "Is this world always so difficult? Or is it only when I was a child? " Leon replied, "always."

One is a girl who has been neglected by domestic violence for a long time, and the other is a ruthless killer. Their lives are completely incompatible, isolated islands, and their lives are also connected. In the end, Lyon gave up her life for the girl, and the girl dared to face life and thrive in the warmth of Lyon.

It seems that no matter how miserable life is, as long as it is given nutrition, it can grow upward. However, the book "Bookstore on the Island" tells us through a somewhat suspenseful, tortuous and warm story: no one is an island, but we need to have the will to change.

This is a novel about sunshine healing that touched millions of readers. The book is sealed with the sentence "Everyone has the most difficult year in his life, which makes life better and wider." It is even more unbearable to want to open it.

This book mainly tells the story of a bookstore, bookstore owner and related personnel on an island called Alice. The author has a profound literary foundation, quoted and commented on a large number of books in the book, and also gave readers a literary edification.

The chapters in this book are also cleverly conceived. They are not ordinary chapters at a glance, but all short stories, plus a brief comment by the male owner (bookstore owner A.J.). Not only did we point out the theme, but we also got a glimpse of the psychological changes of A.J. along the way from the comments.

1. Life like an Island

A.J. at the beginning of the story is an island, just like his bookstore. On a remote island, Amelia, the hostess, has to drive for two hours and then take a ferry for 81 minutes to reach a place.

At the first work meeting, A.J.' s performance was also extremely bad, full of hostility and gunpowder, which showed his self-centered and withdrawn character.

In fact, he had a happy life and loved literature. Because his wife could not live without the idea of a bookstore in an island, he gave up Dr. Kao and followed her to his wife's hometown to open a bookstore. But all this changed because of his wife's unexpected death, and his life lost its vitality.

It's really a rainy day, his precious treasure-a rare edition of Timur. Because of its high value, it could have comforted his muddled mind, so that he could at least have something to rely on, but one drunken night, it was stolen, which made A.J. lose his last thought.

There's an old saying in China called "Don't come too late", which means that when your bad luck comes to an end, good luck will come, which may be true.

? ? 2, the gift of fate, the opportunity to change

A.J., who was even more troubled and helpless, chose to start his old long-distance running habit again because he could not get rid of it, and because his most precious thing was no longer, it was meaningless for him to lock or not lock the bookstore, so something that changed his fate was ushered in the bookstore at night.

a two-year-old girl abandoned by her mother, which was even worse for A.J. at that time. How can a single man without any parenting experience, who is struggling to live by himself, take good care of a child?

but at this time, although A.J. was reluctant, it might be the function of kindness. Under the condition of no one to look after him, he still tried hard to learn how to take care of a child and how to feed him. How to take a bath? How to change diapers? Knowing nothing, he had to check online one by one, and even began to ask his aunt for help.

People are so strange sometimes. After two days together, wonderful things happen. In the helplessness and busyness of taking care of the girl, he didn't miss his dead wife and suffered less mental torture. Now that he can sleep peacefully.

finally, when the girl was to be taken away by government officials and then looked for an adopter, A.J. didn't want the girl to leave, for he was afraid that the girl would have the same tragic adoption experience as her mother. And the girl's mother threw her child to him, hoping that the girl would grow up in the bookstore, because she firmly believed that a child who loves reading would not be too bad.

A.J. felt a sense of responsibility. He believed that he should be responsible for the girl and that he could give her a better life, so he took the trouble to go through the formalities of adopting the girl.

3. A colorful life

The arrival of girls has made A.J.' s world colorful instead of gray. First of all, the taste of books changed, and he began to pay attention to picture books and children's literature.

Secondly, there are more connections with other people on the island, because a single man always has so many things that he can't handle a little girl, so enthusiastic mothers on the island are the best helpers.

There are also children who are natural communicators. No matter whether they are adults or children, they like to play with girls, and girls even become the king of goods, because other children want the same books when they see them.

even the girl brought him a greater favor-love. After his wife died, he once again had the impulse and feeling of falling in love.

Yes, it's Amelia, his once abusive sales representative. They missed four years, or four years later, it was the right time.

The reason was a girl's illness. A.J., a companion, picked up the latest book and read it. Since it was "Late Flowers Bloom" strongly recommended by the sales representative named Amelia at that time, I didn't expect the book he hated very much to cause a great touch on himself.

? 4, follow the heart, and actively strive for

In A.J.' s heart, you need to know a person, and you don't have to read what he said, just ask him about his favorite books, and at this time, the girl who has a soft spot for "Flowers in Late Evening" arouses his curiosity.

From then on, he began to pay attention to Amelia. He must read all the books she provided, and he would also send her his thoughts. In the verbal communication of counting, the two of them had a tacit understanding.

In action, A.J. subscribes more and more books to Amelia Publishing House, and even looks forward to meeting her, and even finds a lame reason to create opportunities, such as taking her daughter to the gardening in the winter and seeing the injured Amelia by the way.

They are no longer a simple relationship between a bookstore owner and a sales representative, but they have some inexplicable ties.

Compared with A.J.' s later efforts, in fact, raising girls has raised his position in Amelia's heart. As Amelia said after eating at Moby Dick's restaurant for the first time, "opening a bookstore is a bit heroic, and adopting a child is also a bit heroic. “”

? Written at the end

A.J. lived a happy life from an isolated island at the beginning to a perfect love and family. The most important thing to thank for this journey is himself. The girl accidentally broke into his life, and he could totally put it off, but he chose to accept, pay attention to the children themselves and take on the responsibility of raising them.

This has led to a series of changes, so when life gives us some problems, we might as well accept it, pay attention to the present and do what we can at present. Maybe it is a gift.

and find yourself, follow your heart and fight for it, like A.J. fighting for custody. When you find out your heart for Amelia, you also do it through some ways, such as ordering more books, communicating more, and looking for opportunities to get in touch.

Spike said in The Road Few People Walk, "Fate doesn't come in from the outside, but goes out from the inside." From A.J., we also see that only when you open your heart first can someone come in and stop being an island.

The plot of this book is ingeniously designed. Apart from the hidden life stories of the male and female host, police officer Lan Bias, aunt Ismay, aunt and brother-in-law Daniel and the girl, their stories are also opened layer by layer. Every life has its own sorrow, but there is also a road to redemption. I hope we can all gain strength from their stories.