Sunrise Books in High Point, N.C., will close permanently next month, WFDD reported.
Store owner Angel Schroeder told WFDD that she struggled to bring in customers despite being located on Main Street in High Point's Uptowne neighborhood. She noted that many High Point residents go to Greensboro or Winston-Salem to shop instead of staying local.
Schroeder opened Sunrise Books on Independent Bookstore Day 2016. The general-interest store sells new books for all ages, and hosts book club meetings, storytime sessions and other events. The bookstore was also home to a cat named Poe who died last fall.
Schroeder hopes High Point won't be without a general-interest bookstore for too long: "It's also really important for community. We're a 'third place,' as people say, and there's just one fewer after July."