The chronicle of a used china business's struggle to survive the post-2008 recession

IN EARLY 2007, Edish.com was a thrivingdiscontinued china business with twostores, a huge internet presence, and wellover two hundred thousand loyal customers.By January 2009, the company was on thebrink of failure. Discontinued: What I Lost andFound During the Recession is the timely anddramatic story of the last six months in thelife of Edish.com.The story chronicles the ups and downsof attempting to save the business and of theauthor’s relationship with her two partners—one a prominent appraiser on Antiques Roadshow, the other a renownedeye surgeon, both her close friends for almost two decades. The bookreveals shocking betrayal and profound loyalty, exposing human natureat its best and worst—and answers pressing questions you surely havelike Does bone china really have bones in it? and What didMartha Stewart do when the author suggested on nationalTV that an antique chamber pot could be used for apopcorn bowl?

IN EARLY 2007, Edish.com was a thrivingdiscontinued china business with twostores, a huge internet presence, and wellover two hundred thousand loyal customers.By January 2009, the company was on thebrink of failure. Discontinued: What I Lost andFound During the Recession is the timely anddramatic story of the last six months in thelife of Edish.com.The story chronicles the ups and downsof attempting to save the business and of theauthor’s relationship with her two partners—one a prominent appraiser on Antiques Roadshow, the other a renownedeye surgeon, both her close friends for almost two decades. The bookreveals shocking betrayal and profound loyalty, exposing human natureat its best and worst—and answers pressing questions you surely havelike Does bone china really have bones in it? and What didMartha Stewart do when the author suggested on nationalTV that an antique chamber pot could be used for apopcorn bowl?