"These have been the many phases of Kirsten Larson, an American Girl doll who sat on a shelf in [an East Village] branch of the New York Public Library until a resourceful children’s librarian began lending her to girls, many of whose parents, because of financial or feminist reasons, resist buying the dolls."

THE MOST AMAZING STORY about an American Girl doll you can check out from the library in the East Village (NY Times)

Side note: Seriously hope Kirsten doesn’t have bed bugs.