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Elizabeth Edwards to open furniture store

Named Red Window, it will be similar to charity store her mother managed

Image: File photo of Elizabeth Edwards at a signing for her new book at Barnes & Noble in NY
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During her book tour for her memoir "Resilience," Elizabeth Edwards talked about buying furniture for the planned store.
  
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updated 11:37 a.m. ET June 3, 2009

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Elizabeth Edwards is planning to open a furniture store near her North Carolina home.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that the wife of former presidential candidate and senator John Edwards has leased space in downtown Chapel Hill. The Edwards live outside the town.

Elizabeth Edwards was recently on a book tour for her memoir “Resilience,” which tells of her battle with incurable breast cancer and her discovery last year that her husband had been having an affair. She had talked during the tour about buying furniture for the planned store.

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Edwards plans to open the store in October. It will be called Red Window and town officials said it would be similar to a charity store Edwards' mother managed when she lived in Japan.

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