Name: I Work At A Public Library
Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
ISBN: 9781440576249

Gina Sheridan

Collects strange-but-true anecdotes, heartwarming stories, and humorous interactions with patrons from a public librarian.

A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks

I Work At A Public Library

Melissa Palmer

Book #68 Read in 2014
I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan

This was a cute, quick read. In this book, librarians tell their stranger-than-fiction stories of what library patrons ask for, request of them or do in the library. Some are laugh out loud stories, some are disturbing and some are heartwarming. Anyone who is a library lover will enjoy this book. 

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Jeff Brown 

I was rather "eh" through most of the book. Even if the conversations are a bit dated, the people that make you shake your head today were present -- probably the same odd people that were around 50 years ago (with less technology).

The items that saved the book were near the end -- the chapters about Cuckoo Carol, the children's library and the final chapter about heartwarming stories.

Caroline Lewicki

This book was touching, funny, and 100% accurate. As a public library employee, I could relate to just about every story and laughed when I thought of my own patrons who do the same things. 

I'd absolutely recommend this to anyone who works in a public library! Even if you don't, it'll will give you incredible insight into the strange, goofy, and heartwarming things one hears when working with the public.

Straight from the library--the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out! From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk. Throughout these pages, she catalogs her encounters with local eccentrics as well as the questions that plague her, such as, "What is the standard length of eyebrow hairs?" Whether she's helping someone scan his face onto an online dating site or explaining why the library doesn't have any dragon autobiographies, Sheridan's bizarre tales prove that she's truly seen it all. Stacked high with hundreds of strange-but-true stories, I Work at a Public Library celebrates librarians and the unforgettable patrons that roam the stacks every day.

I Work At A Public Library A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks

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