‘Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore’: Library book from 1943 returned

The inside cover of the book was stamped with the warning that the fine for overdue books was three cents a day (Alamy/PA)

A library book has been returned nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from a library in Texas.

The book – Your Child, His Family, And Friends by marriage and family counsellor Frances Bruce Strain – came with a letter noting that “Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore”.