Please Be Seated: Memoirs of a Book-Loving Sofa As told by Jeannette Watson
For 20 years a handsome dark-green sofa held sway at Books & Co., the celebrated Madison Avenue bookshop. At its only comfortable seating option, it regularly "received" many of the 20th century's literary luminaries and "Please Be Seated" is the story, in the sofa's own words, of its unforgettable encounters with them. When the shop closed, the sofa was ferried to the haven of a library on an island in Maine, where it could resume its privileged life among books. But after many years it began to deteriorate, and there was unspeakable talk of having it replaced. Herein the sofa recounts its miraculous rescue, meticulous restoration, and triumphant return to the library.
It's My Party
Watson's account of her near-mythic family and disciplined upbringing unveils a journey of extremes. From the terribly depressed young girl who buries herself in books to the awkward debutante to the new divorcee who discovers her wild side in '70s New York, Jeannette blooms into a bookstore owner and a healer. Featuring a treasure-trove of never-before-published letters and photos....