Wild Geese Bookshop Opening in Indiana

Wild Geese Bookshop will open November 4 at 107 S. Water Street in Franklin, Ind., carrying "a wide selection of books with a focus on storytelling.... It will also feature gifts that relate to the selection of books and are items that could be given to people who are always doing things for others," the Franklin News reported.

"I wanted a place where you could give a gift to someone who doesn't often do things for themselves. It's hard to find something for someone who doesn't really impose on anybody but deserves a break." said Tiffany Phillips, who is a lawyer managing a company's litigation portfolio in addition to her new role as Wild Geese Bookshop's owner.

"In some ways it's different, law practice and bookselling. But in a lot of ways it's the same," she said. "Because when you read a novel, you are able to get inside someone else's perspective. It helps you see something from a different perspective in the same way that you're called to do as an advocate. So I think the more we can put ourselves into other people's perspectives, the more productive we can be as members of the community."

Phillips moved to Franklin last year with her husband and two children. "I think a lot of choices that I've made for the shop are driven by moving to a new place, feeling a bit lonely, trying to find my tribe," she said. "Everyone's been warm and welcoming, but I think a lot of my choices are splintered around connections, and I think that's what makes it special."

Bookstores "offer something in a community that no online shopping can offer," Phillips added. "It lets you hold things in your hands and smell paper and look at pages and allow that serendipity to happen, where a book finds you that you really needed in that time in your life.... Every day, there's something new that I have no idea what I'm doing, but I do it anyway.... I make mistakes, and I'm sure I will continue to make mistakes, but it's fun to challenge yourself. I'm so far outside of my comfort zone. But anything worth doing is a risk."

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