Village Square Booksellers

Please call 802-463-9404 to make a reservation or reserve a signed copy of books. You may also EMAIL reservations for any of our events, or reserve a book online.

Thursdays at 11am- Children's Story Hour with Pat Fowler reading. Come for the reading and stay in Bellows Falls for a family lunch- Pat will be giving out a coupon good at Athens Pizza, Fat Franks, Vermont Pretzels & Cookies. Village Square Booksellers, 32 Square in Bellows Falls. By reservation only: 802-463-9404

Our store accepts & sells Village Square Booksellers gift certificates, Book Sense gift cards and accepts the following credit cards and & Diner's Club. Local checks accepted.

We think a good bookstore should be at the cultural heart of the community. We try to be in ours. There are events going on in or sponsored by our bookstore all the time. We appreciate that you support your locally owned and operated independent bookstore. Visit our Community Links page to check out other businesses in our community. About Independents

"Handle with Care" explores the knotty tangle of medical ethics and personal morality. When faced with the reality of a fetus who will be disabled, should a parent have the right to consider termination? Bestselling author Picoult explores a timely yet controversial issue in her latest novel.

Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, well, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health.

Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte should have known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?

Emotionally riveting and profoundly moving, "Handle with Care" brings us into the heart of a family bound by an incredible burden, a desperate will to keep their ties from breaking, and, ultimately, a powerful capacity for love. Written with the grace and wisdom she's become famous for, beloved #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Jodi Picoult offers us an unforgettable novel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it.