false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170654065m/66735.jpg 66735 2 <div>Little did Wendy Werris imagine that when she began a temp job at a Hollywood bookstore in 1970 at age nineteen, she had embarked on a thirty-five year career that would stretch into a journey of self-discovery and literary enlightenment. In <i>An Alphabetical Life,</i> Werris reflects upon how she came to embrace the book culture as her singular way of being in the world. Her career began when the book business was conducted amid an atmosphere of civility and wry humor, and her memoir captures the essence of this time and the people she met along the way. The challenges she faced, in what was then a male-dominated industry, are also discussed &#8212; particularly in 1976 when she was one of only two women repping books in the entire country.<br><br>In describing the hilarious, eccentric characters that were her colleagues, lovers, and partners in crime, the essence of retail bookselling comes alive. Among the figures she profiles are Henry Robbins, editor of <i>The World According to Garp;</i> Alan Kahn, then of Pickwick Bookshop in Los Angeles, now President of Barnes and Noble Publishing; and many great and memorable retail bookbuyers and authors.<br></div> 64709 17 10 2006 An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books total:78|5:8|4:19|3:30|2:12|1:9| 78 239 171 34 1 4 false false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 04:55:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 19:17:16 -0700 2008 she has lost the plot, the ability to string a series of events in some form of coherent order from a starting point to and end point, doesn't fall within the abilities of our mad woman in the bookstore, Ms. Wendy Werris. I am not asking that it has to be in chr...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 23 13:56:57 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 14:01:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 13:27:25 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:12:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 25 12:40:18 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 12:41:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 14:19:12 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 18:54:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:43:59 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:45:01 -0800 2007
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