{"product_id":"9781616206628","title":"Minding the Store: A Big Story about a Small Business","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this wry and charming graphic memoir, the founder of the iconic housewares shop Fishs Eddy recounts the ups and downs, and ups, of starting a family business, starting a family, and staying true to one's path while trying to make it in the the Big City. Whether it’s set of vintage plates from a 1920s steam ship, a mug with a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoon on it, a tin of sprinkles designed by Amy Sedaris, or a juice glass from Jazz Age hotel, Fishs Eddy products are distinctly recognizable. A New York institution, Fishs Eddy remains a family business whose owners endured the same challenges as many family businesses—and lived to write about it in this tale filled with humorous characterizations of opinionated relatives, nosy neighbors, quirky employees, and above all the eccentric foibles of the founders themselves. Readers come to know author Julie Gaines and her husband, with whom she founded the store, and because this is a family business, the illustrations are all in the family, too: their son Ben Lenovitz’s drawings bring Fishs Eddy to life with a witty style a la Roz Chast and Ben Katchor.   Over the years the store has collaborated with celebrities such as Charley Harper and Todd Oldham, Rachel Ray, Alan Cumming, and many others to produce original designs that are now found in thousands of stores throughout the country, and Fishs Eddy has garnered a huge amount of media coverage. A great gift for anyone who has ever dreamed of opening a little business—or anyone with any kind of dream—\u003ci\u003eMinding the Store\u003c\/i\u003e offers wisdom, inspiration, and an exceedingly entertaining story. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061265645808,"sku":"9781616206628","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616206628_p0.jpg?v=1763851421","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616206628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}