Daily News | Cherry Hill dedicates a little library to a giant reading advocate
She averaged two to three books a week. She was a longtime subscriber to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Inquirer — and she’d never miss an edition. She’d cap off most nights with a whodunit novel or a nonfiction book before bed.
“The most wonderful gift is to be able to read,” Wright would often tell her friends, a quote now engraved on theon Covered Bridge Road in Cherry Hill, a mailbox-sized cabinet painted red and perched atop a post secured in the ground where residents can borrow and drop off books for free. , died last September from end-stage cancer at age 87. The feisty, outspoken mother of four left behind a legacy of friendship and public advocacy and was known for her Chicken Sits, a daily gathering where Wright — holding one of the Buff Orpington chickens she raised — would host afternoon chats about current events and books., said Shinn, treasurer of the Camden County Historical Society.
As their friendship blossomed, so too did the library. With every visit, Wright would bring more books and more newspapers she had devoured, eager to share them with other readers. To this day, Kostyrka has a backlog of Wright’s contributions to the library, waiting to be cycled in.
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