THE LIBRARY BOOK by Susan Orlean, read by Susan Orlean
Part memoir, part tribute to libraries and librarians, this fascinating audiobook written and narrated by the author of THE ORCHID THIEF is full of bizarre factoids about the Los Angeles Public Library and the library’s catastrophic 1986 fire.
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Show Notes
Could you burn a book? Orlean, author of THE ORCHID THIEF, contemplates the idea in her book that’s part memoir, part tribute to libraries and librarians. Intriguing and fascinating, the audiobook, read by the author, is full of bizarre factoids about the Los Angeles Public Library and the library’s catastrophic 1986 fire. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio.
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