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Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore: A Novel Poetry_Gift_Guide 'I found myself crying atWhen a beloved bookstore patron dies by suicide, his favorite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he left behind in this award winning debut novel that is at once shocking, charming, [and] thrilling (Associated Press). Lydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the Bright Ideas bookstore, she leads a meticulously ordered existence among her beloved books, eccentric colleagues, and the BookFrogsthe lost and lonely regulars who spend