Summary of Susan Orlean's The Library Book

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Harry Peak, who was known for his blond hair, decided to become an actor. He began dropping the phrase when I’m a movie star into conversations, and his family thought he was on a medical show or in The Trial of Billy Jack.

#2 The Central Library is located in downtown Los Angeles, at the corner of Fifth Street and Flower. It was designed by the architect Bertram Goodhue and opened in 1926. The library opens at ten A. M. , but by daybreak there are always people hovering nearby.

#3 The library was already in gear, humming with staff members who were readying it for the day. The shipping department had been at work since dawn, packing tens of thousands of books into plastic bins.

#4 The library is a stage that is constantly being prepared for a performance. Every time the security guard hollers out that the library has opened, there is a sense of stage business, as people find their places and things are set right before the burst of action begins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669358381

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Insights on Susan Orlean's The Library Book

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 30

Insights from Chapter 31

Insights from Chapter 32

Insights from Chapter 33

Insights from Chapter 34

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Harry Peak, who was known for his blond hair, decided to become an actor. He began dropping the phrase when I’m a movie star into conversations, and his family thought he was on a medical show or in The Trial of Billy Jack.

#2

The Central Library is located in downtown Los Angeles, at the corner of Fifth Street and Flower. It was designed by the architect Bertram Goodhue and opened in 1926. The library opens at ten A. M. , but by daybreak there are always people hovering nearby.

#3

The library was already in gear, humming with staff members who were readying it for the day. The shipping department had been at work since dawn, packing tens of thousands of books into plastic bins.

#4

The library is a stage that is constantly being prepared for a performance. Every time the security guard hollers out that the library has opened, there is a sense of stage business, as people find their places and things are set right before the burst of action begins.

#5

I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, just a few blocks from the brick-faced Bertram Woods branch of the Shaker Heights Public Library system. I loved visiting the library, and I loved the idea of becoming a librarian.

#6

I grew up in a family that loved the library, but we were a borrow-a-book-from-the-library family rather than a bookshelves-full-of-books family. I loved the way books smelled and felt, and I couldn’t wait to have them around me.

#7

I had spent many years visiting Los Angeles as a writer, and had never visited the public library. When I moved there with my husband and