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WELCOME Chris Bohjalian To Visit Vermont Book Shop
Saturday, May 24
11AM to 1PM  
Because you, Loyal Customer, asked for it and I begged, pleaded and cajoled, Chris Bohjalian is taking time out of the midst of another whirlwind book tour to visit the Vermont Book Shop. Chris will greet his fans and followers and sign copies of his newest book Skeletons at the Feast. The shop will provide yummy refreshments. Please join us!Click here for more on this and other upcoming events.
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Since we buy, receive, and shelve every book in the store, we sometimes see titles you might not, and because we are nerdy booksellers, we read A LOT. These two facts combine to create a great deal of enthusiasm on our part - for particular titles and for whole subject areas and sections. Click "Read More" to learn about what we like right now.
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Then We Came to the End
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Ferris, Joshua
No one knows us quite the same way as the men and women who sit beside us in department meetings and crowd the office refrigerator with their labeled yogurts. Every office is a family of sorts, and the ad agency Joshua Ferris brilliantly depicts in his debut novel is family at its strangest and best, coping with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks.
With a demon's eye for the details that make life worth noticing, Joshua Ferris tells a true and funny story about survival in life's strangest environment--the one we pretend is normal five days a week.
Becky says: "I read this book only after the New York Times Book Review named it a top-ten pick for 2007. Not being a city-dweller, I expected it might ring somewhat hollow to my country mouse's ear, but the wicked humor, combined with ample doses of honest, tender humanity, conquered my skepticism. It really is a work of marvelous insight into how so many of us struggle with protecting our true identities in order to survive the brutal judgment of the workplace. |
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Local Interest
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Local Interest means different things to different people. To visitors and tourists, it generally means books about Vermont history, while to Vermont residents it may indicate titles about subjects of current interest in their communities. Explore this section for both, and more.
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Deep Down Popular
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Stone, Phoebe
Jessie Lou is deeply in love with Conrad Parker Smith, the most popular boy in their school. After Conrad hurts his leg, Jessie Lou is assigned to help him home after school. She and Conrad start spending a lot more time together, but she can't help wonder--is she just a substitute friend? |
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Vermont Book Shop History
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The Vermont Book Shop was founded in 1949 by Dike and Reba Blair, who opened it in "The Deanery" on College Street. Some years later, the Blairs moved the shop onto Main Street, into its current location, the former home of an A&P grocery. The Blairs ran the store until 1992, when they sold it to John and Laura Scott. In 2005, Becky Dayton bought the store. In 2007, she and her husband Chris purchased the building and initiated an extensive and historically sensitive remodeling project.
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