"Every bookstore has its local forever book, and for us, this is the one," said Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of the Between the Covers Bookstore in Telluride, Colo. The book is Tomboy Bride, first published 50 years ago, and available in a new edition featuring a foreword by Pam Houston, from West Margin Press.
According to the Telluride News, "Harriet Fish Backus wrote her iconic memoir about the trials and tribulations of being a young bride and mother at the Tomboy Mine high above Telluride in the early 1900s."
Chesonis reports that Tomboy Bride has been the store's top-selling title for years.
To celebrate, Between the Covers hosted a "Bride Fest," featuring "music and Victorian refreshments from Caroline Trask Norton's classic Rocky Mountain Cook Book (which has woodstove directions!) that Harriet herself faithfully used during her years up at Tomboy."
Pictured: Daiva Chesonis, Pamela Sante as the Tomboy Bride, and Pam Houston.