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Lynchburg’s Oldest Bookstore & Finest Toy Store. est. 1976

George and Sylvia Givens, a frustrated teacher and a game-for-anything wife and mother, opened Boonshire Books in 1976 in an old gas station on Boonsboro road. After clearing away the fumes and cobwebs and covering up the oil stains with remnant carpeting, they began a legacy that has since gone through many incarnations.

 

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We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. We also accept debit cards with the Visa or MasterCard logo and PayPal. We don't take personal checks, money orders, purchase orders, CODs, International credit cards or CyberCash. Sorry, we can't accept credit cards with billing addresses outside of the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam.

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READ OF THE MONTH

 

Beautyland

 

Marie-Helene Bertino

 

 

 

"[A] remarkable funny-sad novel...Astonishing."

Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review

 

Even as a child, Adina Giorno knows that she is different. She is from a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine allows her to report back on the oddities of Earthlings. For years, she makes a life for herself among humans and dispatches transmissions on the terrors and wonders of their existence. Then a friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone? Tender, joyful, and startlingly original, Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland is a novel about the fragility and resilience of life on Earth, and a story for anyone who has ever felt not quite at home in this world.

 
 
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Givens Books & Little Dickens
Address:
2236 Lakeside Drive
Lynchburg, VA 24501
USA
Phone: 434-385-5027

Givens Books and Little Dickens has one of the largest toy selections for children and adults. Browse our toys above, or come by our store to see the fun in person.


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