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‘We get overdue books, but not this overdue’: Novel returned to FVRLibraries after 36 years

Danielle Steele book 'Zoya' turned in to Stevenson library and could go back in circulation

By Doug Flanagan, Columbian staff writer
Published: April 3, 2025, 6:10am
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An unidentified woman returned a copy of Danielle Steel’s 1987 romance novel “Zoya” to the Stevenson Community Library on March 22, a little more than 36 years after it was last checked out.
An unidentified woman returned a copy of Danielle Steel’s 1987 romance novel “Zoya” to the Stevenson Community Library on March 22, a little more than 36 years after it was last checked out. (Stevenson Community Library) Photo Gallery

FVRLibraries marked its 75th anniversary in unexpected style last month as a bit of history popped up in the form of a book lost for more than three decades.

An unidentified woman returned a copy of Danielle Steele’s 1987 romance novel “Zoya” to the Stevenson Community Library on March 22, a little more than 36 years after it was last checked out.

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