Anyone remember the movie You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan? It was sort of a modernized Sleepless in Seattle, in which Ryan's character owns a little children's book shop that's being threatened by the recent opening of a large discount book store owned by the family of Hanks's character. It was that literature element that drew me into the movie (and the adorable golden retriever!).
It made me sad that Ryan's book shop was closing. I love little hole in the wall book shops with loyal customers, comfy couches, and the distinct smell of old paper, ink, and furniture polish. And as much as I was saddened by the story of the shop closing, I thought it was just something that happened in movies and stories to get people like me all riled up.
Unfortunately, in this case, art imitates life.
Out here in Seattle, we had a good second hand bookstore close not all that long ago. It was closed due to a rent increase, which doesn't make sense to me in a time when there's so much commercial space available. For whatever reasons, they felt they couldn't go on.
ReplyDeleteEvery time a book store closes, a fairy dies.
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