Leah Koch has been shipping packages on her own every day since The Ripped Bodice — a romance-only bookstore co-owned with her sister Bea — was temporarily closed down in mid-March. "It's been like 10 days, but it feels like it's been 14 years," she tells The Hollywood Reporter while packing shipments.
The Culver City retailer cancelled all upcoming events and closed to foot traffic on days prior to the citywide order requiring all non-essential businesses to do so. "I wanted to be part of the solution, not part of the problem and it was obvious that it was coming," Koch says.