Letter to the editor: Invites former Borders customer to sample public library offerings. (Connecticut Post, 4/26/2011)
Excerpt: I, too, regret the closing of Borders bookstore (News-Times letters, April 17) but Louis Toppi's description of what is being lost sounds very familiar to me:
"...a place to go when you come home from a stressful day on the job. You go to get a cup of coffee, snack, read a book, even talk to people ... You had learning sections in the building where youngsters learned, book authors coming in for an appearance with the public, signing their book. Even entertainment was introduced ..."
I invite Mr. Toppi to visit one of the amazingly active and vibrant public libraries in Greater Danbury, where he will find all of this and more -- and without having to buy anything for the privilege of spending time there.
I think he will find that there is abundant sunshine in libraries to dispel the "dark cloud" he sees dropping on our region with the closing of Borders.
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