The best-friend duo behind Page 42 hope to offer much more than secondhand books

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Browsing the well-organized shelves at Page 42.

In East Spokane’s Logan Neighborhood, Page 42 Bookstore is rewriting the traditional role of a used bookstore. Beyond selling affordable books and creating an inviting space for bookworms to explore, Page 42 offers personalized, monthly book subscriptions, creative in-store events and free books to underserved groups.

The shop’s owners, lifelong best friends Emily Peterson and Alicia McCann — and Alicia’s husband, Jacob ­— had long dreamed of having their own bookstore. Entrepreneurs at heart, the pair

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