Book description
The public library - a haven of calm, source of information, home to
the student, the geek and the aging librarian. Or so you might think.
Don Borchert's ten years as assistant librarian have taught him that
a library is more than just a place to borrow books, it's also a place
where people hide from the law, fall in love, fight, deal drugs,
introduce their children to reading, look up porn and pursue their
dreams. Borchett's hilarious memoir delves behind the bookshelves as
he discovers the weird, dangerous and downright dirty world of a
public library and the fearless civil servants who patrol its aisles.
Don Borchert has been an assistant librarian in the Californian
Public Library system for 10 years. He previously worked as a cook, a
fine china salesman, a Christmas tree chopper and a sod farm worker.
This is his first book.
