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The American Library of Geneva

Mr Peck, seriously unemployed, wandered into the American Library of Geneva in about 1993, won his post and took up his 2/3 time duties as Librarian and had a wonderful time for two years, 1993-1995, hanging out with the volunteer ladies.

Dwarfed religiosity.

The American Library of Geneva is a century-old semi-independent function of the Emmanuel Church, the American Episcopalian church in the city (above). Mr Peck served for two years as Librarian, though the salary was only just enough to top up the Swiss unemployment benefits and pay for the railroad pass into the city, but the opportunity to work alongside so many wonderful volunteer library assistants was well worth all the Book Selection Committee meetings poring over NY Times bestseller gardening books and gory murder mysteries.

Jean (right), Volunteer Assistant Librarian, was one of our favorites amongst more than 20 unpaid assistants who made the job worth having. The pregnant patron checking out kids' books (left) was a total fox and probably still is.

Narrator tired in Geneva, 1994.

Nonetheless, the daily round of a 2/3 employment at the Ramsar Bureau and 2/3 with the American Library of Geneva began in the end to take its wan and weary toll (above), so reluctantly Mr Peck had to leave the Geneva ladies and settle down to saving wetlands on a full-time basis with Ramsar.

One of those ladies came along for a while, which was a treat and a half, but she's gone now, worse luck.

[Wait. Now she's back again. We're back in luck.]

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