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Laurie Raisys

May

11

2018

Laurie Raisys and her mom (vintage)

Happy Mother’s Day– Sunday May 13, 2018

Mother’s Day makes me mushy inside. I love picking out the cards, buying the gifts, and sending surprises to my mom and mom friends. It’s a special month. As a teenager I was never ashamed to kiss my mom or dad in public. We are fortunate to have children who still want to be around us (most …

Feb

13

2018

In Loving Memory of Marni Gittinger of Island Books

From Island Books’ store newsletter: The past few weeks have been filled with grief for all of us at Island Books after the loss of Marni Gittinger. We not only lost a member of our book store family, we lost a dear friend. To say that Marni was a bright spot in many of our …

Nov

24

2016

Paying it Forward

Thanksgiving should be a time of gratitude and coming together, and your friendly neighborhood Island Books staff is getting into the spirit. As we planned our pie recipes and anticipated one of our favorite holidays of the year, we felt moved to infuse some extra community love into the atmosphere. There were two recent pieces of …

Jul

16

2015

1

remark

New Chapter for Island Books

More big news from Roger and Nancy Page, longtime owners of Island Books of Mercer Island and newly-crowned Mercer Island Citizens of the Year:  A couple of years ago on a Sunday in August a young mom and her toddler came into the kids’ section where Nancy and I were working. She looked vaguely familiar …

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