本片改编自佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德的《书店》，影片几乎全部复刻了原著，讲述的是一个看着平平常常的书店从开张到关门的过程，整部影片风格真挚感人，却不枯燥乏味

故事发生在1959年，当时的社会风气整体比较陈腐、保守、有偏见，这也是当时英国的整体风气，在这个名叫哈堡的小镇，这里地处海边，气候比较潮湿，捕鱼业是这里的支柱型产业，和地球上的其他小镇一样，这里也有着属于他自己的生态系统。在这里每个人按部就班地生活着，阶层的意识已经深入人心，忙于生计的普通老百姓根本无暇去顾及精神层面的提升，上流社会的人们忙着应付各种政治活动，而一位守寡多年的女子一时兴起开起了书店，她凭借一己之力和上层社会的律师、权贵、银行家们进行斗争，虽然胜利但是也不敌权势最后惨淡关店。

Based on Penelope Fitzgerald's "The Bookstore," almost entirely from the original, the film tells the story of a Watching the process of an ordinary bookstore from opening to closing, the style of the whole film is sincere and touching, but not boring

The story happened in 1959. The social atmosphere at that time was relatively stale, conservative, and prejudiced. This was also the overall atmosphere in Britain at that time. In this small town called Harburg, it is located by the sea and has a relatively humid climate. Fishing is the pillar industry here. Like other small towns on the earth, it also has its own ecosystem. Here everyone lives step by step, and the consciousness of class has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Ordinary people who are busy making a living have no time to care about the improvement of the spiritual level. People in the upper class are busy with various political activities, and a widowed woman for many years Xingqi opened a bookstore, and she fought against the lawyers, dignitaries, and bankers of the upper class by herself. Although she won, she was not able to defeat the power and finally closed the store dismal.