The story of how the housewares shop Fishs Eddy came to be what it is today. I had never heard of the store (not a New Yorker or overly interested in housewares), but their story is an interesting one, both from an entrepreneur and a human angle. The drawings aren't my style, but they serve the purpose. ( )

I really enjoyed this book. I found it very sweet. It caught my eye only because it was a graphic novel. The title certainly didn't grab me!

This story is about a family owned-business called Fishs Eddy which is probably well known in New York City, but I never heard of it before. It's a store which sells vintage dishes. I used to be a vintage items collector (just for fun) so the topic really interested me. The story begins with a young Jewish woman who just met a compatible man, and they both had ideas of owning a small business. As an owner of a small business with my husband, I know many of the trials and tribulations the couple experienced albeit on a smaller scale. Owning a successful business on any level is something in which to take pride.

There were many parts of this story which stood out for me, but I especially liked how the author added so many highlights of her years in business, including when her business expanded, when it started to fail, how her extended family helped with the business, how it was impacted by 9/11, and how she dealt with difficult employees.

My favorite part of the book, though? That was the last page! You'll have to read this book to see that page and appreciate it. ( )

I'm not sure what the intended audience is for this.

The art is childish and the story is told in a very simplistic manner, but I think children would have no interest in this story about a store selling secondhand dishes in New York City. As an adult, I found it dull and a bit frustrating for all the gaps and unanswered questions about how people so bad at running a business have managed to stay in business.

Ultimately, I guess this vague and self-serving book is a souvenir for fans of the Fishs Eddy store to purchase in the store. ( )

Thanks to Goodreads and Algonquin books for this ARC.

Even though I don't read graphic novels, or in this case, non-fiction, it's fast reading (finished it in one day).

I was curious about how they came up with the quirky name of their business "Fishs Eddy" and come to find out it was a very small town in Upstate NY that they passed.

I love discovering new places, even in books, even if I never visit the store and this store wasn't just unique in it's selling of the wares, dishes, glassware, etc., but the search for them in basements of old places selling these pieces from old restaurants, hotels and other places that they didn't want them and had them in storage for years and years. Like they say, what's other people's trash is other people's treasure.

It's also a love story about Julie and Dave who meet at his cousin's store where she was looking for drinking glasses. They had their ups and downs in their stores -- buying too many and then closing them but they got smart and got professionals to help them since they knew they couldn't do it on their own. I love the fact that she had the chutzpah to reach out to Caroline Kennedy to help with helping their giving to the public schools and she reached out to various artists to help develop designs for their cups and plates.

Their son Ben did the graphics for this book and they were wonderful. They also have a daughter Susie. ( )