The library book orlean review5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() She learns about the interesting history of this library in particular and sets out to write a book about the fire – what happened, why. Orlean moves to LA and discovers libraries again after a hiatus. This fire is where the story starts for Orlean, but it is also why. At its end, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. The fire at the centre of this story burned at the Central Los Angeles Public Library for seven hours on April 29, 1986. It started with a small glow for Orlean, a glow from a fire that grew to become a ravenous, curious and perplexing beast. And then I picked it up and devoured every word. I put it down a few times over the Christmas period in lieu of other reads. ![]() ![]() I said that The Library Book starts with a small glow and this is true on two counts: it started small for me, as something a bit light, that I almost (how tragic) dismissed as fluffy. ![]()
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