The idea of setting roots in a new place, of traveling “West,” is as all-American as apple pie. Yet, Jones is content with staying home in Thomasville, a small town in Georgia, where she owns an independent bookstore. In a series of essays, Jones recreates the joys of finding contentment in the everyday and of forming deep connections. Even superficial acquaintances are useful, she argues. A popular book podcaster, Jones is also a devoted Christian, something I couldn’t relate to. I skipped the entire section. But the rest is earnest and appealing in its homage to small-town life lived big.
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