pAs a bookseller, I loved iShelf Lifei for the chance to peer behind the curtain of Diwan, Nadia Wassef's Egyptian bookstore--the way that the personal is inextricable from the professional, the way that failure and success are often lovers, the relationship between neighborhoods and books and life. bNadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has found solace in the aisles of a bookstoreb.brb--Emma Straub, author of iAll Adults Hereib piShelf Lifei isb such a unique memoir about career, life, love, friendship, motherhood, and the impossibility of succeeding at all of them at the same timeb. It is the story of Diwan, the first modern bookstore in Cairo, which was opened by three women, one of whom penned this book. bAs a bookstore owner I found this fascinating. As a reader I found it fascinating. Blunt, honest, funnyb.brb--Jenny Lawson, author of iBroken in the best possible wayibbrbbrThe warm and winning story of opening a mod