East Hampton Village, N.Y., "will once again have a bookstore" when BookHampton reopens Memorial Day weekend "with a splash," the Star reported, noting that since "purchasing the shop from Charline Spektor in early March, Carolyn Brody has been hard at work, overseeing a gut renovation in short order." On Saturday afternoon, from 2 to 5 p.m., the bookstore "will host a reopening celebration, with everyone invited to stop in and take a look around."
"It will look familiar, but it will also look new," Brody said, adding: "We will stay open year round. We're a community bookstore, and this isn't only for summer, it's for everyone."
Brody had recruited Roxanne Coady, owner of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Conn., to help guide BookHampton and get it "firing on all cylinders--and quickly. We wanted to set the bar high. We wanted to launch in a very strong way."
She told the Star that BookHampton's reopening is the realization of a longtime dream, going back to her childhood. Starting at the age of nine, she wanted to open her own bookstore. "I'm delighted to have finally realized my dream of owning a bookstore. I couldn't let it go."