Krista Hunter, lead book buyer at Village Books, Bellingham, Wash., is leaving at the end of the summer.
In the store's newsletter, owners Chuck and Dee Robinson wrote that
Hunter, who has worked at the store for 24 years, "has been an integral part of everything here and we will miss
her dearly. Change is inevitable and . . . it can be exciting. We wish
Krista the very best. She certainly deserves it."Hunter wrote in part: "My life has been well and richly-defined by my time at the bookstore and I'm very grateful for that. But at 51, I need the enriching confusion, I need time to let go of definitions and to reimagine my life. Being a bookseller was never a career for me, it was something I loved to do, an extension of self in the world. I will extend myself again into the world, doing what I love most, caring for our planet. For me that has become the spiritual necessity of my life. . . . There are no endings in life, just new beginnings, so I won't say good-bye. It has been a great 24 years, full of memories. And I know in my heart that I leave Village Books in the good hands of the friends and community I've worked with these many years. I told Chuck and Dee this and it is so true, I hope that whatever I do next will fill me with the same sense of right livelihood that I have always had at Village Books."
We at Shelf Awareness also wish her the very best!