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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian/ Avi Steinberg
4 stars

Avi Steinberg, once very involved in Jewish religious life, was writing obituaries when he saw the ad for a prison librarian. He got the job. This tells of his time in that job. We learn of some of the inmates who were regulars in the library, and we also learn of some of Steinberg's past.

I waffled between 3.5 stars (good) and 4 stars (really good), but went with the higher rating. I was more interested in the inmates he came across and his work at the prison than I was in his personal life - most of what he told of that was of his Jewish upbringing. What a difficult job that would be! There are so many issues to working in a prison I wouldn't have thought of. Definitely interesting.

Totally agree that the inmates' stories were more interesting (to me at least) than Steinberg's.