Red paperback Seaside Sketches with lighthouse bookmark
Description
I was reading a small red paperback called Seaside Sketches when I realized I left it yesterday around 5pm. It’s a paperback, about the size of a postcard, softcover with a creased spine and a red cover that features a white lighthouse. I think I left it outside the Stone Pony on Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, Jersey Shore, after a quick stop at the boardwalk. It has sentimental value—it was a gift from my grandma last summer, and I was hoping to reread a favorite passage this week. Inside, there’s a tiny blue ink doodle of a lighthouse on page 3 and a coffee ring stain on the back cover. If you found it, please drop me an email; I’d be so grateful to get it back.
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