South Haven couple finds second career in bookstore

Richard Haferman started collecting books and then dreamed of opening a book store.

Before that dream came true he and his wife had 27,000 volumes in the basement, reports the Herald-Palladium. Their church pitched in an helped them move the books.

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Richard and Pam Haferman opened Black River Books at 330 Kalamazoo St. in South Haven in 2007. He is a retired pastor, and she is a retired family therapist. Their store is the only used book store - with some new titles - in South Haven, and is often a busy place. They sell a variety of books, and there's a wide range of prices. The Hafermans' two labradoodles, Booker and Dewey, are always at the store with them, and the dogs have become celebrities in their own right.  

To find out about what customers think of the dogs and all those books, read the entire story.

Source: Herald-Palladium