Running the Books The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

Name: Running the Books The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
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ISBN: 9780385529099

ISBN-10: 0385529090

ISBN-13: 9780385529099

Edition: 2010

Authors: Avi Steinberg

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In the tradition of A. J. Jacobsrs"sThe Year of Living Biblically, a hilarious immersion memoir of one lapsed Orthodox Jewrs"s stint as a prison librarian. A few years after graduating from Harvard, Avi Steinberg is stumped. While his friends are getting married and getshy;ting promoted, Steinberg has grown dissatisfied with the insushy;larities of his upbringing, from the Orthodox Jewish sense of "chosenness" to his Ivy League education, its secular countershy;part. Anxious to shed the ideologies of his background, and seeking direction, Steinberg takes a job as a librarian in a tough Boston prison. Hers"s about as far from his comfort zone as he can get. Steinbergrs"s new quarters attract…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/19/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English