The little bookstore of Big Stone Gap : a memoir of friendship, community, and the uncommon pleasure of a good book / Wendy Welch.
Wendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore, so when they left their high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town, they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue thier dream. The only problems? A declining U.S. economy, a small town with no industry, and the advent of the e-book. They also had no idea how to run a bookstore. Against all odds, but with optimism, the help of their Virginian mountain community, and an abiding love for books, they succeeded in establishing more than a thriving business - they built a community.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250010636
- ISBN: 1250010632
- Physical Description: viii, 291 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 How to Be Attacked by Your Heart's Desire 7 -- 2 No Longer Renting the Space Inside My Skin 14 -- 3 Mommy, Where Do Books Come From? 27 -- 4 Follow Your Ignorance Is Bliss 46 -- 5 Holy Grails Full of Frass 61 -- 6 Creating, and Being Created by, Community 71 -- 7 God Bless You for Trying, Losers 82 -- 8 Stephen Saved Our Bacon Day 92 -- 9 Catty Behavior, or How Beulah Taught Us to Stand Tall, Quit Whining, and Have Fun 99 -- 10 Saved by the Cell (and the Napkin Dispensers, and the Corkboards) 104 -- 11 A Book's Value Versus Its Price 109 -- 12 I Dream About Running a Bookstore Someday... 123 -- 13 Running an Unlicensed Intellectual Pub 132 -- 14 Yarn Goddesses 142 -- 15 What Happens in the Bookstore, Stays in the Bookstore 149 -- 16 Growing into Ourselves 154 -- 17 Reading Rekindled 162 -- 18 Last Cowboy 178 -- 19 Living Large in a Small-Town Bookstore 185 -- 20 Network 197 -- 21 Ceridwen 207 -- 22 Way We Buy Now (with Apologies to Trollope) 214 -- 23 Booking Down the Road Trip 229 -- 24 Bibliophiliacs Versus Book Snobs 246 -- 25 On Recommending Books 252 -- 26 Citizen Jack 280 -- 27 Last Word 286.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Old Fort Branch Library | 381.45 WEL (Text) | 37810435146724 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
