Bookstores and hydrangeas

It seemed fitting that my first reading for The Gift of an Ordinary Day take place in our old hometown of Winchester, MA.  My husband Steve and I met Judy Manzo the week she bought Book Ends Bookstore, nearly 17 years ago.  She didn't know anything about selling books, she confessed to us, but she knew a lot of people in town, and figured that she'd do fine if she just ordered five copies of any book that a customer requested. It was a start.  Judy was a quick learner, and it wasn't long...