Book returned to British Columbia library 43 years after due date

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA book has been returned to a library in British Columbia forty-three years after it was due, UPI reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForty-three years. Sorry, did it come back with a note? Because I'd like to hear the book's side.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNo note and no explanation. It had a cracked spine, no barcode, and the paper check-out card still inside.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA paper card. That's the last known sighting of this book, and it shows its last checkout was at the Oak Bay branch, the library's records show.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd the returner paid nothing, because the library dropped overdue fines in twenty twenty-four.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNothing?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhere was it for forty-three years? Behind a couch? A glovebox? Nobody posted about it, and I would have seen that post.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy theory is the book took a long, intentional reading journey, and it finished the final chapter before coming home.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe library called it one of the most overdue items they've ever had.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSomebody panicked, and the due date got scarier every year. Meanwhile the library dropped the fines and nobody told him. Forty-three years of dread, free of charge.