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Dream Jobs: Independent Bookstore Owner

Laurie has lived in Capitol Hill for 25 years. She felt like her neighborhood of readers was missing a good bookstore.

Dream Jobs: Independent Bookstore Owner

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By Chance Seales

March 28, 2018

Laurie Gillman kept waiting for someone to open a bookstore after the one in her neighborhood closed down. When no one had by 2016, she decided to open East City Bookshop.

Laurie shows Newsy's Chance Seales around her dream job.

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