Overview
- The parenting guide by Frances Bruce Strain was mailed back in June, marking SAPL’s longest overdue return of 82 years.
- A letter signed P.A.A.G. from Oregon traces the book’s journey to a grandmother’s service at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and its later inheritance.
- Library officials say the volume arrived in remarkably good condition despite nearly eight decades away.
- Strain’s 1943 work drew coverage in The New York Times and Cincinnati Enquirer as an authoritative guide to child–family relationships.
- The due-date card’s three-cent daily fine amounts to about $896 over 29,891 days or exceeds $16,000 when adjusted for inflation.