I remember seeing nicely bound books all on shelves looking clean (and also barely used) and thinking 'wow...so that is how well off people organize books. My grandmother gave me her favorite book of Ibsen plays. It was missing a cover, and still had the price (written in pencil) from the used book store written on the inside. But she wrote her name on the book in pen. I jerry-rigged a cover out of cardboard.
And I don't want to sound as though books aren't a luxury...and having space to store 50 of them definitely is... but I can't help but assume that it was included on this survey because of classist-cultural ties.
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Date: 2007-12-31 06:47 pm (UTC)My grandmother gave me her favorite book of Ibsen plays. It was missing a cover, and still had the price (written in pencil) from the used book store written on the inside. But she wrote her name on the book in pen. I jerry-rigged a cover out of cardboard.
And I don't want to sound as though books aren't a luxury...and having space to store 50 of them definitely is... but I can't help but assume that it was included on this survey because of classist-cultural ties.