Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Coomer, Joe. The Loop (Boston: Faber & Faber, 1992) 201 p.
Fiona (no last name given) is a reference librarian at Tarrant County Junior College. She has traveled around the country working at many libraries along the way. Her specialty is mending and rebinding books. "She was attractive in a pesky way ... at least she seemed to think so. He'd never met a more arrogant person. He'd been using this library for more than ten years, and had found her behind the circulation desk for the first time at the beginning of last semester, a red plastic pin on her blouse announcing: 'Fiona -- Assistant Librarian.' Beneath this another pin: 'Bona fide Bookworm.' Beneath this yet another pin: 'May I help you?' In Fiona's case this last statement was more of a command than a request .... She didn't have the ability to whisper. When she attempted to whisper her words came out in a shrill whistle that caused everyone in the room to wrinkle." She is called upon to help find the origin of a found parrot. She does some research at the Fort Worth Public Library. She and the parrot's owner eventually move to Oregon together.

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