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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

By Steinberg , Avi

Book information

Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE-UK;Nan A. Talese
Year
2010
ISBN
9780385533737, 9780385529099, 038553373X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2015150 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
399 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Avi;Prison librarians -- Massachusetts -- Boston -BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General;LANGUAGE ARTS &

Description

Part 1: Undelivered -- 1: Up & up and low low -- 2: Books are not mailboxes -- Part 2: Delivered -- 3: Dandelion polenta -- 4: Delivered -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments.;In this captivating memoir, Steinberg, a Harvard grad and struggling obituary writer, spends two years as a librarian and writing instructor at a Boston prison, attracting con men, minor prophets, ghosts, and an assortment of quirky regulars searching for the perfect book and a connection to the outside world.

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