![]() ![]() Maguire’s most recent book, “The Brides of Maracoor,” volume one in a three-part series called “Another Day,” was published just last month. Those are the kinds of books that places like The Open Door offer.” He produced stuff that was appropriate for third- and fourth-graders, but it spoke over their heads at times to us college kids. “I had some designs on being an illlustrator, but then I thought I’d concentrate on language rather than my ability with pen and ink,” said Maguire. Maguire thinks his first purchase at The Open Door nearly 40 years ago was Maurice Sendak’s “Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must be More to Life,” first published in 1967. ![]() She’s interested in what you’re looking for, she answers all your questions and she does it with grace. When you go into a small bookstore you’re hoping to be enchanted and to make a personal connection with someone, and she does that. ![]() “She’s always greeted everyone that I’ve seen with the broadest and one of the most genuine smiles I’ve ever come across. ![]() “Janet wears her welcome on her shoulders, like a mink stole - when that was more acceptable,” said Maguire. Maguire thinks his first trip to The Open Door as a teenager was probably back in 1982 or ’83, around when owner Janet Hutchison was getting started there. ![]()
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