
Fast forward to the present: Andy's wife of many years, Lilla, had died suddenly not long after Rosie's wedding. In time he connected with Beth Hanson, who used to sell jewelry next door. She'd lost her husband 20 years earlier. One thing led to another, as they say, and they became friends. More than friends, actually, now in the autumn of their lives, the two decided to marry. "Do it in the bookstore," Rosie suggested. "Let me be the rabbi this go-round." And so they did.
(photos: left: Barbara Hall, right: Jude Sales)