When I first conceived of the book store tour, Anderson's seemed like a natural first stop. I grew up on Murray Avenue in Larchmont - .6 miles from Anderson's. Between Larchmont Public Library and the shelves of Anderson's I fell in love with reading and books. It was not unusual for my parents to give me the green light to purchase books on their house account at Anderson's a few times a year. They would tell me how much I could spend (generally ten dollars) and send me off on my bike. Back in the seventies I could get three paperbacks if I planned it out carefully.
I think I had my first author crush at Anderson's...James Herriot author of All Creatures Great and Small.
My 2013 purchases included a Bessie's Pillow by local author Linda Bress Silbert, The Westchester Review, an anthology of stories and poetry from Westchester writers under the age of thirty, and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense, edited by Edith Weinman.
You can visit them on the web at: http://andersonsbooksny.com/
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