A review by guk
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

4.0

The Parnassus Bookshop on Wheels (propelled by a horse) drives into Helen's farmyard and changes her life. She ditches the dishes, pulls out her savings and decides at 39 years old to take an adventure. What's not to love? This was fun listen on audio--it's more of a novella so the length is nice. I enjoyed Helen's POV. I can imagine my own disgust after tallying all the biscuits I've made in 15 years of taking care of a bachelor brother and deciding it's time for a vacation! I was also interested to read this as it was the inspiration for the name of Ann Patchett's bookstore in Nashville (Parnassus Books). I also found this to be an interesting musing on the lives women were allowed to lead at the turn of the 20th century--we've come a long way.