Carole-Ann Warburton, a woman in Somerset, England, has realized her lifelong dream of working in her very own bookshop. At 65 years old, Warburton handed in her notice at work and opened The Book Rest on West Street. She filled it with over 8,000 books that she’s collected over her lifetime.

卡罗尔·安·沃伯顿（Carole Ann Warburton），英国萨默塞特的一位女士，实现了她毕生的梦想：在自己的书店工作。65岁时，沃伯顿在上班时递交了辞呈，并在西街开了一家The Book Rest（书店）。她用一生收集的8000多本书装满了它。

She began buying books in college—a habit that, in adult life, yielded(产生) a hoard. “Our house was completely filled with books,” Warburton said. “Most rooms had boxes of books and bookshelves of books. We had a four-bedroomed house and all the rooms consisted of small walkway passages between piles of books.” Her three daughters “hated it”.

她在上大学期间开始买书，这种习惯在成年生活中产生了囤积。沃伯顿说：“我们的屋子被书塞得满满当当。大多数房间都有成箱成书架的书。我们有一间四居室的房子，所有的房间都由一堆堆书之间的过道走廊组成。”她的三个女儿“讨厌它”。

This year, The Book Rest celebrates its 10th anniversary. “I am so happy standing here in the middle of a pile of books,” she said. “I can walk around the shop, pick up a book and sit down and read it. I would like to keep doing this until I no longer can. It’s a wonderful feeling. Someone can walk in tomorrow and say, ‘I have been looking for that for an awfully long time!’”

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