Lost
Blue Penguin Classics paperback with orange bookmark
Fredericksburg
Lost
listing
Posted
3 months
ago
Description
I lost my blue Penguin Classics paperback yesterday around 3pm near the Starbucks on Caroline Street in Fredericksburg. It's a trade paperback, about 5.5 by 8 inches, with an orange ribbon bookmark and a faint coffee ring on the back cover. A dog-eared page at chapter 7 and a note inside written in my grandmother's handwriting make it extra sentimental. If you find it, I’d be forever grateful—you can drop it off at the Fredericksburg Public Library or reply to [email protected].
Approximate last-seen location
Fredericksburg
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