In 1870, a book was borrowed from a library in Australia. 150 years later, it was found behind a fireplace

Somewhere in a small coastal town in Australia, someone borrowed a library book, never brought it back, and got on with their life. That was around the 1870s. Last week, the book finally made its way home, pulled out of a bricked-up fireplace during a home renovation, nearly a century and a half late.

A library book returns after 150 years