<p>I just finished reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0786885688%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1139798750%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3F%255Fencoding%3DUTF8">Shopgirl</a><img border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" width="1" />.&#0160; I was surprised that Steve Martin would be able to write such an elegant, heartbreaking and in the end, uplifting little book.</p>

<p>I think that the reason this book made such an impression on me is that I relate so much to Mirabelle, the main character. I understand her because her inner life was my inner life.&#0160; Thankfully, that is not the case anymore, but reading the book was like reading the journal I never kept between 1994 and 1999.</p>

<p>I loved the book.&#0160; I&#39;ve never seen the movie.&#0160; Do you think I should see it? Or should I keep the memory of this perfect little book intact?</p>
