Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library by Amanda Oliver

Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library

Amanda Oliver

nonfiction history memoir informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

224 pages | first published 2022

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Overdue explores the questions of how libraries are currently used and how they serve our communities. Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a public librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as wel...
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informative 88%
reflective 73%
challenging 40%
emotional 33%
hopeful 21%
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tense 5%
funny 2%

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