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The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap de Wendy Welch

The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap

Autor Wendy Welch
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2013
The author and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore, so when they left high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town, they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue their dream. They succeeded in establishing more than a thriving business - they built a community. This book tells their story.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781250031617
ISBN-10: 1250031613
Pagini: 291
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: GRIFFIN

Notă biografică

WENDY WELCH and her husband, Scottish folksinger Jack Beck, own and operate Tales of the Lonesome Pine Used Books in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Wendy has a Ph.D. in ethnography, fosters shelter animals, and is one of the world's fastest crocheters. This is a good thing because it means she is able to sneak in some crafting time between teaching college courses on culture and public health, running special events at the shop, writing about stuff, and chasing kittens out of roads. Enjoy her blog at www.wendywelchbigstonegap.wordpress.com

Recenzii

"In a time when brick and mortar bookstores around the country are literally imperiled, "The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap" comes along like a cool compress on a nagging wound; with humor, compassion, and a bold leap of spirit, Wendy Welch leads us back to this nearly forgotten truth, that bookstores are not simply distribution hubs for books, they are the warm living rooms of our culture, the portal to our dream worlds, the anchors for our hungry, drifting souls. Buy this book!" -Andre Dubus III, author of "Townie" and "The House of Sand and Fog" "The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap confirms what I've long suspected, that book lovers are good people and that bookstores are the best places on earth. Add in the elements of pre-loved books, in-love bookstore owners, and to-fall-in-love with local characters, and you have The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap, a story to thrill anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a bookstore (and which book lover hasn't?) and a memoir sure to warm the cockles of the hearts of readers everywhere. A treasure of a book about books." --Nina Sankovitch, author of "Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading "Wendy Welch's memoir, "The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap," is a delight. Starting a used bookstore in a small Appalachian town during the decline-of-the-book era may seem like rank folly, but the project--and the book--turn out to be anything but foolish. With warmth and humor, Welch details the small successes and large missteps along the path to finding a place in a community. She shows that, even in the age of the e-reader, there is hope for books and those who love them, and that reading and bookstores still perform an important function in civic life. Her clear prose sparkles with personality in this heartening tale of the perils and rewards of following one's dream. -Thomas C. Foster, author of "How to Read Literature Like a Professor "Wendy Welch's memoir is entertaining, informati