Library Career Romances
Snagged from Amused Library, here's a page devoted to "Library Career Romance" novels of the mid 20th century. See the covers of and read excerpts from books like Miss Library Lady, Girl On the Bookmobile, and The Loveliest Librarian.
The Amused Library posters got some big laughs from The Loveliest Librarian, which describes its heroine as having earned enough to purchase a secondhand Porsche after seven months of working as a university library ASSISTANT.
Kitsy Babcock, Library Assistant, presents a somewhat more realistic view:
"I’ve been thinking about being a librarian. I’ve even been reading up on it. Did you know that there are librarians in these United States who make eighteen thousand dollars a year?"
My personal favorite quote, however, comes from Library Tree:
"Carolyn wondered what to do. She caught the slightly musty smell of the old building and felt a stirring of excitement as her gaze moved round the great room which formed the lending section of the library. Books, she thought, this is what I've always wanted. Surrounded by books all day, working among them, handling them..."
Oh, baby!
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Here's a nice one from "Library Life for Deborah."
Deborah was thankful to realize that she was suitably qualified. But she was growing a little uneasy. The interview was going to take longer than she'd though, and she was petrified she'd miss her appointment at the hairdresser's.
I can really relate to shis situation. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, what's occupational stability when you're about to miss a hair appointment?
Here's my favorite, from "Headlines for Caroline":
Caroline MacWilliams would certainly not have been Lysander Bayard’s idea of a suitable young lady librarian. She was much too attractive, to begin with.
Oh Lysander, what do you know?
In "Books and Beaux" we learn of the danger associated with happy hour...
Sue wasn’t looking forward at all to hacking around in the frozen north. But at least it was a job, a temporary job. Sue bit her lip. Now that it was too late, she wished that she’d studied harder. She knew she could have been near the top of her class in library school if only she’d tried. Then she could have had her choice of jobs.
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