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Quiet, Please
Quiet Please
Author: Scott Douglas
An unexpectedly raucous and illuminating memoir set in a Southern California public library. For most of us, librarians are the quiet people behind the desk, who, apart from the occasional "shush," vanish into the background. But in Quiet, Please, McSweeney's contributor Scott Douglas puts the quirky caretakers of our literature f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786720910
ISBN-10: 0786720913
Publication Date: 3/24/2008
Pages: 320
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Folks seem to have either loved the book, or hated it. Me, I fall in between.
Started out great with pieces on how the author came to become a librarian, including (the irrelevance of) library school. After that, the entries vary from gossipy, regarding patrons and co-workers, to meaningless (to me anyway) fake interviews. Good intentions, but the parts don't make a whole. Sometimes blogs are best left as blogs.
I really wish I'd heard more about the job itself, beyond office politics and the occasional "difficult" patron.
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