Book Description: \;
\nA book about losing your place\, finding your purpose\, and immersing yours elf in what holds community\, and humanity\, together&mdash\;books.
\nWendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a book store. When the opportunity to escape a toxic work environment and run to a struggling Virginia coal mining town presented itself\, they took it. An d took the plunge into starting their dream as well. They chose to ignore the &ldquo\;death of the book\,&rdquo\; the closing of bookstores across t he nation\, and the difficult economic environment\, and six years later t hey have carved a bookstore&mdash\;and a life&mdash\;out of an Appalachian mountain community.
\nA story of beating bad odds with grace\, inge nuity\, good books\, and single malt\, this memoir chronicles two biblioph iles discovering unlikely ways in which daily living and literature intert wine. Their customers&mdash\;"Bob the Mad Irishman\," "Wee Willie\," and " The Lady Who Liked Romances\," to name a few&mdash\;come to the shop looki ng for the kind of interactive wisdom Kindles don't spark\, and they find friendship\, community\, and the uncommon pleasure of a good book in good company.
\nThe Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap will make you want to run to the local bookstore\, and curl up in an arm chair with a treasur e in bound pages.
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