Second Chapter Books, Middleburg, Va., which sells new and used books "in the heart of Virginia's hunt and wine country," will close its physical location on Washington St. September 15 after 11 years in business, but co-owners Kathy Jo Shea and Jilann Brunett "plan to keep serving their faithful bibliophiles online," Loudoun Now reported.
Last week, members of the town council thanked Shea and Brunett for their long service to the community as business and civic leaders. Before opening their bookstore, they operated Solstice Healing. Both had served on town committees and Shea previously was on the town council.
"Just as Brunett and Shea filled a community gap when they first opened on East Federal Street in a space that had been Book and Crannies, they said there is a chance their soon-to-be-empty space on Washington Street also could be filled by a new bookstore," Loudoun Now wrote.