A Goodreads user asked this question about Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood:
The book sounds intriguing. Is there anything in it that might make it inappropriate for a mainline church library that does not limit itself to books on religion?
Ann Many thanks to all who replied! I plan to read the book from the public library, and I fully expect to like it. We are a reasonably open-minded congre…moreMany thanks to all who replied! I plan to read the book from the public library, and I fully expect to like it. We are a reasonably open-minded congregation, and if someone were to donate a copy to our church library, we'd catalog it. But the librarians decided not to spend budget money on it, since there are plenty of other good choices on our wish list. The few books with salty language on Biography/Memoir shelf were donated — two of them by me. :-)(less)
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