A love letter to books and reading. This debut is catnip for any book geek. I just loved it. Cesca Major, author of Maybe Next Time, a Reeses Book Club Pick

A story of second chances and new beginnings, this is a love letter to booksand a love letter to life

Still reeling from a recent tragedy, Erin Connolly knows she needs to start living, but has no idea how. When she accidentally donates her favorite booka heavily annotated copy of To Kill a Mockingbird containing a memento she cant be withoutto a local little community library, shes devastated. But then the book turns up a week later, back in the library with fresh notes in the margins, along with an invitation in a copy of Great Expectations to meet her newfound pen pal.

A life-changing conversation, written only in the margins of beloved classic books, begins between Erin and her Mystery Man. Following each other through the pages of their favorite novels as the book exchange continues, they both begin to open up, falling into a friendshipand maybe something more.

But Erin and her pen pal have a shared history that neither of them has guessed. Faced with painful reminders of the pastand the one person she swore never to forgiveErin finds herself at a crossroads. One that could change her life forever.

A book-lovers dream! References to the following classics can be found in The Book Swap.
* TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
* GREAT EXPECTATIONS
* WUTHERING HEIGHTS
* MANSFIELD PARK
* THE GREAT GATSBY
* MIDDLEMARCH
* BELOVED
* ON THE ROAD
* THE BELL JAR