The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods isn’t just a novel it’s a layered journey across time, identity, and the quiet resilience of women rediscovering themselves through the power of stories. Set between the 1920s and present day, it weaves together the lives of Opaline, Martha, and Henry three souls bound by loss, secrets, and their search for meaning through forgotten pages.

The magical realism threaded throughout especially the mysterious bookshop that appears and disappears like a dream made me reflect on how some experiences, like ideas in design, can’t always be seen or explained, only felt. This story reminded me that healing often begins in silence and that stories, whether read or designed, hold the power to bring us back to ourselves.