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The bookshop that floated away

Lars Bevanger, UKJune 13, 2014

How about ditching your stressful city job and living the dream in the countryside? Well, that's exactly what Sarah Henshaw did. She decided that being a London entertainment journalist wasn’t for her, and headed north to set up a small bookshop. But rent was high, so she came up with a rather unusual idea, a floating bookshop on a barge. Lars Bevanger went to see her - on her English narrow boat.

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