The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship Community and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book

About this book

An inspiring true story about losing your place finding your purpose and building a community one book at a time. 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. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap is the little bookstore that could: how two people two cats two dogs and thirty-eight thousand books helped a small town find its heart. It is a story about people and books and how together they create community.