![]() Fikry” is set in the entirely idyllic world of Alice Island, a fictional township purported to be “a ferry ride from Hyannis” in Cape Cod. ![]() A bittersweet tear-jerker through and through, Canosa says he “set out to make a film that would make people laugh and cry and go to their favorite bookstore to find a book.”īased upon Gabrielle Zevin’s bestselling 2014 novel of the same name, “The Storied Life of A.J. The 2022 dramedy, currently streaming on Hulu, chronicles a 15-year period in the life of eponymous curmudgeonly bookseller Fikry (Kunal Nayyar) as he grapples with profound grief following his wife’s unexpected passing, adopts a toddler left behind in his shop and romances Providence-based Knightley Press sales rep Amelia Loman (Lucy Hale). ![]() ![]() Bookstores may be a dying breed in the modern landscape of America, but nestled along Old King’s Highway in the coastal town of Yarmouth Port, Mass., is a historic antiquarian bookseller that remains a holdout, prevailing against online retailers and big box outlets for nearly seven decades! Standing three stories with a peaked roofline and clapboard siding, Parnassus Book Service has become a local landmark, so utterly charming and filled with New England appeal that it even caught the eye of director Hans Canosa, who cast it in a leading role in his recent film “The Storied Life of A.J. ![]()
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