Talking Leaves

Talking Leaves is Buffalo’s oldest independent bookstore and famed in American bookselling circles. It was honour enough to be invited to sign books there, but what turned out to be even more rewarding was getting to know the store manager, Lucy. As a rule, bookstores attract good people and Lucy proves this rule 7 times over. Kind, intelligent, socially active, book loving. And listen to this: we both have red hair and blue eyes, I’m left-handed and she’s ambidextrous, and both of our fathers are guidance counsellors. How wonderfully eerie is that?