""I think what draws people here is the dream. The kind of 'what if' 'what if I did this with my life,'" Jessica Fox explains. "It feels like you're the main character in a movie.""
"Fox herself turned her 'what if' fantasy into reality by swapping her high-stress career in Los Angeles for a quieter life as a bookseller in Wigtown."
"Sharing the dream, Fox decided to share a taste of that fairy tale with the rest of the world. "I knew I couldn't be the only person with dreams of maybe having a different life, a little more of a romantic kind of life, surrounded by books, right by the sea," she recalls."
The Open Book in Wigtown, Scotland, provides a unique opportunity for guests to experience running a bookstore while on holiday. Visitors can volunteer for one to two weeks, managing the shop and engaging with the community. Jessica Fox, a founder, transitioned from a high-stress career in filmmaking to bookselling, inspired by her own dreams of a quieter life. The initiative allows others to explore their aspirations of living a romantic life surrounded by books without abandoning their current lives.
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