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The Seven Stairs

by Stuart Brent

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  1. Chapter 1 - And Nobody Came

    9:10

  2. Chapter 2 - “Read Your Lease. Goodbye”

    22:27

  3. Chapter 3 - How To Get Started in the Book Business - Part I

    16:41

  4. Chapter 3 - How To Get Started in the Book Business - Part II

    14:05

  5. Chapter 4 - Building the Seven Stairs - Part I

    19:45

  6. Chapter 4 - Building the Seven Stairs - Part II

    22:11

  7. Chapter 5 - The Day My Accountant Cried

    18:00

  8. Chapter 6 - The Man With the Golden Couch - Part I

    19:05

  9. Chapter 6 - The Man With the Golden Couch - Part II

    16:45

  10. Chapter 7 - Farewell to the Seven Stairs

    25:09

  11. Chapter 8 - On the Avenue - Part I

    29:47

  12. Chapter 8 - On the Avenue - Part II

    19:02

  13. Chapter 9 - Bark Point - Part I

    23:06

  14. Chapter 9 - Bark Point - Part II

    19:25

  15. Chapter 10 - Hope and I

    22:14

  16. Chapter 11 - My Affair with the Monster - Part I

    29:18

  17. Chapter 11 - My Affair with the Monster - Part II

    31:16

  18. Chapter 12 - Life in the Theatre

    19:21

  19. Chapter 13 - Writing and Publishing

    33:55

  20. Chapter 14 - Books and Brent

    22:38

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Three hundred dollars' worth of books and a used record player are Stuart Brent's starting equipment for a shop on Chicago's Rush Street. In this memoir, he recalls entering a worn room in August 1946 and imagining the conversation, music and friendship it might hold. His first customer exposes a gap between loving books and knowing how to sell them, giving the opening its mix of enthusiasm and embarrassment.

Published in 1962, the account connects bookselling with the demands of a private life. The middle excerpt turns to bereavement, raising young children and the practical kindness of friends and customers. Brent's attention shifts easily from a shop's shelves to a family supper or an unexpected emotional encounter.

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Pages
110
Language
English
Genre
Memoir
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