"While others were abandoning brick-and-mortar for a cyber presence, she decided to return to the romantic roots of her trade. Two years ago, she sold her shares and bought a bookstore."

"Located in a pseudo-Tudor commercial block including a pub (the Pennyfarthing) and a restaurant (the Blethering Place), the Grafton Bookshop in Oak Bay has a pith helmet on one wall and a cricket bat in the umbrella stand. The shop boasts floor-to-ceiling oak bookshelves, the upper levels reached by climbing a rolling ladder."

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