Book
The librarian / Allie Morgan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781529107425 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 296 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: London : Ebury Press, 2021.
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| Subject: | Morgan, Allie > Career in library administration. Morgan, Allie > Mental health. Libraries and community > Scotland > Biography. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 020.92 Mor | 31681010229698 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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The library saved her. Now she wants to save the library.
"The day I had my interview for my library position was the day I decided that I shouldnât die."
Allie Morgan is a woman in crisis. Having recently dropped out of her dream career due to mental illness, sheâs decided that life is no longer worth living and is set to end it when she receives a phone call from the local library, offering her a job. There and then she decides to postpone suicide and give the role a try.
What Allie doesnât expect is for a simple part-time job to become a passionate battle for survival, both her own and for the library. As the year unfolds, she sees an attempted murder, becomes a target for a drugs gang and finds herself the last hope for people in desperate poverty. Hers is the story of how one person can go from rock bottom to becoming a crucial part of her local community. Recounted with immense wry humour and disarming charm, The Librarian is an eye-opening account of a strange but wonderful community hub and a library that changed a life.
- Random House, Inc.
<b><br>The library saved her. Now she wants to save the library. </b><br><br>I'm a librarian. Every day I encounter people. I serve the regulars, the crime enthusiastics, the bookworms, the homeless, the eccentrics, the jobless, the teenagers, the toddlers, the aged. I know my community well. And they know me. <br><br>The library is a sanctuary for some, a place for warmth for others and, on many occassions, an internet cafe. It's not always the books that bring us together. That's why you might be surprised to hear that I've been a witness to an attempted murder, a target for a drugs gang and the last hope for people in desperate poverty. The quirks of library life. But what I didn't expect was for a simple part-time job to become a passionate battle for survivial, both for me and for the library. <br><br>I'm sharing stories from my daily life to show you that being a librarian isn't what you think it is. Libraries are falling apart at the seams and we need to start caring before its too late. So this is my eye-opening account of the strange and wonderful library that saved me and why I'm on a mission to save yours.
