Bring a book, and leave with another. This is the principle of the Book Exchange Point created by Elise Terrasson, manager of The SXM Tea Box in Marigot.
When she opened her tea shop in March 2007, which also included a tasting room, she set up a small shelf inside with children's books available. "I wanted to give children a taste for reading again." Then after Irma, and the reopening of her store at the end of October, the book exchange point takes on another dimension, and the library for adults is gradually expanding. Internet access, which has become rarer, encourages reading and the media library was destroyed by the hurricane. Elise Terrasson then decides to buy a few more shelves to devote an entire corner of her shop to books. Following an insert published in the Fax Info last January, and in which she appealed for donations for the book exchange point, many people came to give her some. And since then it does not stop. Books begin to invade the store. So much so that she now only accepts them if the donors leave with other books. There is something for all tastes: detective novels, classics, contemporary, albums, dictionaries, in French, English, Spanish, Dutch… and even dictionaries and school classics. She also invites people who do not have the means to come and get it.
Youyou, a saleswoman a few meters away, comes once a month to stock up on books. "I take three or four and I bring back one or two. But I don't dare bring it back because she already has too much, ”she says. "It's good to be able to share a great story and I like that we don't throw away the books" adds this great lover of police officers and other thrilling works.
"I would like there to be exchange points in all the districts" advances Elise Terrasson who says she is ready to give books to the volunteers and to advertise them on her Facebook page.
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