THE LITTLE BOOKSTORE OF BIG STONE GAP: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMUNITY, AND THE UNCOMMON PLEASURE OF A GOOD BOOK

Book ID/图书代码： 06000012B52753

English Summary/英文概要： When Wendy Welch and her husband moved to Big Stone Gap, Virginia their plan was to take just a year off, a short break to re-evaluate the direction of their professional lives. Jack, an academic and professional storyteller, was nearing retirement; Wendy had a PhD in ethnography. In a small town in Appalachia, with a dying coal-mine economy, they encountered their destiny: to open a bookshop. As the bottom fell out of the U.S. economy, and then the publishing industry, Wendy and Jack obstinately plowed forward, and achieved something they never expected. Rather than a commercial enterprise, they had created a social and intellectual hub for their community. Their story has ups and downs, a great deal of humor and, of course, the enduring affection for books and the people who love them.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当温迪•韦尔奇和她的丈夫搬到弗吉尼亚的大石缝时，他们本打算用一年的时间短暂休息，以重新评估职业生涯的方向。杰克是学术作家和职业作家，已经接近退休年龄；温迪是人种学博士。他们来到了阿巴拉契亚地区一个煤炭经济即将崩坏的小镇。在这里，他们走上了命定的道路：开一家书店。伴着美国经济的萧条，出版业也出现低靡，但是温迪和杰克仍然勇往直前，并取得了意料之外的收获。他们创办的不是商业企业，而是社区的社交、知识中心。他们的故事跌宕起伏，妙趣横生。当然，故事也不乏对书籍、对支持者们的持久的爱。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：“an entertaining book with a full cast of eccentric characters.” - Kirkus Reviews

"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, and do it in your local independently owned bookstore!" –Andre Dubus III, New York Times bestselling 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 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

“The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap, is a delight. With warmth and humor Welch 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, bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor

“Entertaining, informative, and – best of all – big-hearted and wise. A perfect pick-me-up for people discouraged by talk of the death of the book.” –Sam Savage, author of Firmin

“Charming, lively, bubbling with anecdote, incident and insight, Wendy Welch’s animated memoir is any reader’s perfect companion. You read this book and feel you’ve made a friend. By turns comic and thoughtful, The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap brims with joie de livre.” –Laura Kalpakian, author of American Cookery and The Memoir Club
just sold Portuguese language rights (in Portugual) to Clube doAutor

About the Author/作者介绍： 温迪•韦尔奇是人种学博士，现于怀斯的弗吉尼亚大学任教。她还是职业作家，是弗吉尼亚大石缝二手书店“寂寞松传说”的分权共有人。

WENDY WELCH is a Ph.D. in ethnography who currently teaches at the University of Virginia at Wise. She is also professional storyteller and the co-owner of Tales of the Lonesome Pine Used Books in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

Format:HARDCOVER

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