Keeping stories from the maw of the memory hole | Rob Fadaely, Pearls Books 'n Music

Humans need stories. We are stories, each of us, and some of our stories are so great they've been written down. Others have invented stories, be they allegorical or pure fiction, for no reason more than brewing and spilling another provocative and entertaining piece to our cultural ether. But no story is guaranteed permanence. In fact, almost all are guaranteed the opposite. It takes a librarian to preserve them, and sometimes resurrect them.This is what Rob Fadaely does for a living, and from behind his desk he has a unique view of the world through the books he stocks and customers he greets. Over the decades, he's noticed our collective story grow and change.He's more than just a second-hand bookstore owner, and his shop is more than a second-hand bookstore. Here's why.