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Were it returned any other week, the fine would have been $1,400.
A mysterious book borrower dropped off a library book checked out in the early 1970s. Why didn’t he or she pay for the tardiness? It was a special amnesty week for the library, where patrons could drop off overdue books, no questions asked.
The book in question: “Small Voices: A Grownup’s Treasury of Selections from the Diaries, Journals and Notebooks of Young Children,” a collection of diary entries by public figures written when they were children. (via AP)