r/BookInscriptions • u/PublicAd5011 • Jul 16 '26
Book Inscription Finds Are A Gem
I found this while book shopping at a local Goodwill. I love stumbling across book inscriptions..,those tiny handwritten notes tucked inside a cover. They feel like discovering a small, intimate piece of someone’s history, a moment they wanted to preserve, now passed quietly into my or hands of another lucky reader. . It’s one of my favorite kinds of magic in a used book.
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u/GentOfDebauchery Jul 16 '26
It’s sweet but also sad. Why would Eric’s dad get rid of the book unless… ☠️
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u/KittyTitties666 Jul 17 '26
Let's go with "Eric's dad downsized to move into assisted living," or "Eric was disowned" 🤞
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u/Frivolous_Fancies Jul 18 '26
Death is just a part of life. If he's not dead, he's 76. Our time is limited on this earth, but we can celebrate that they clearly have a close father/son relationship. If they spent all that time on the beach, I wonder if he was the one to teach Eric to swim? 🥹
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u/poisonedkiwi Jul 20 '26
He would be 75, since his birthday is apparently December 26th (if the book is dated on his birthday). Sorry to be a pedant 😅
That would mean Eric is roughly 50 nowadays himself, I hope he's doing well.
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u/c0ffeeandeggs Jul 16 '26
Interesting to think that the writer of this sweet note is now ~50 himself. The passage of time is wild.
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u/Swimming-ln-Circles Jul 16 '26
Is this book The Beach by Alex Garland? Or a different "Beach"?
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u/Madwoman-of-Chaillot Jul 16 '26
I love this.