US librarian hides lifesaving phones in books for domestic violence victims
It's not every day a librarian takes a boxcutter to a book.
But by doing so, Molly Riportella may be saving lives.
"I usually try to like go a couple pages after a chapter begins," the Massachusetts librarian said, explaining what she why she was carefully hollowing out the books.
Inside the rectangle-shaped holes within the pages, Riportella hides a prepaid mobile phone to be used by a victim of domestic violence.
"The phone is a little sliver of hope and real chance to make contact with the outside world," Riportella said.
"To talk to a lawyer or talk to an advocate who can get you the next steps to move on."
The librarian came up with the idea two years ago when a friend told her they were in a controlling relationship where their pa...