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| Jane Stroh | |
Jane Stroh, who has owned the Bookstore in Glen Ellyn, Ill., for 20 years and been with the store for 32 years, will retire on December 31, Bookselling This Week reported. In a farewell letter posted to the store's website, Stroh wrote that after spending nearly half her life at the Bookstore, it was "time to pass the torch."
"I want to say a special thank you to all of you," Stroh wrote to her customers. "You have made The Bookstore what it is. You have valued what you find here--enough to spend your dollars with us. I say it over and over again--we could not do this without your support."
Stroh will hand the reins to Shannon Burgess and Gail Dickson, longtime customers of the Bookstore who both have daughters who have worked at the store. Burgess and Dickson will officially take over on January 1, and plan to change the store's name to the Bookstore of Glen Ellyn. The pair have been working at the Bookstore and learning from Stroh since earlier this year.
Stroh wrote: "And I can tell you they are naturals at it! They are well read and especially so in the books many of our customers love."