Would you volunteer to run a bookstore while on holiday — without pay?
Three sisters from Ohio did exactly that. After waiting three years, Jennifer, Jill and Jamie finally made it to Wigtown, Scotland. Famous in Scotland as a 'book town', it attracts visitors from around the world who have always dreamed of running a real bookshop for a week. The sisters became the caretakers of The Open Book, a bookshop for rent that has become a global phenomenon for book lovers.
But is the romantic idea of life as a bookseller actually worth it? And why has this tiny Scottish town been completely transformed by books?
CHAPTERS
00:00 Three sisters, one bookstore dream
01:11 Running The Open Book
01:47 Meeting customers from around the world
02:46 The idea behind The Open Book
03:40 Why Wigtown became a book town
04:40 Is the dream worth it?
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CREDITS
Report: Gönna Ketels
Camera: Henning Goll
Edit: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising Editor: Mirja Viehweger
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