Things learned from Scott Douglas's memoir "Quiet, Please:
Dispatches from a Public Librarian: Librarians don't read.
Storytelling librarians don't have kids, nor do they
particularly want them. Many are bitter nutcases or
technophobes. Douglas, who has labored at the Anaheim Public
Library off and on since 2001, peppers his descriptions of
office betrayals and unusual bathroom incidents with anecdotes
about libraries of yore. The book is hilarious and oddly moving
but leaves one wondering why Douglas sought a life among the
shelves in the first place.
