Whether through forgetfulness or amongst the stresses of an educational assignment, most of us have returned a library book a little late – but how about 84 years after its due date? That’s exactly what has happened at Shreve Memorial Library in Louisiana, after a patron returned a book his mother had taken out in 1934. The library will always be happy to have them back.”Shreve Memorial Library was opened in 1923, 11 years before the patron’s mother took the book out – herself aged 11 at the time. (Shreve Memorial Library/Facebook)The book is a first edition published in 1915 and eerily contains a rather dark collection of poems. “The poems are told in the first person from the perspective of a deceased person in the Spoon River cemetery,” said Jackie.

Source: Irish Examiner October 04, 2018 19:18 UTC