"Care for people with one hand and hold a book in the other?"
Then he saw that she held a book in her hand.
He was holding an opened book in his left hand.
Her husband was in a chair across the room, holding a book.
She holds a book but has stopped reading to look at the place in the wall where the door must be.
Half a dozen stands held open books about the floor.
A photo of that period also pictures her holding a book.
She looked up and saw the station's head medical officer standing there, holding a book in his hands.
But why would anyone want to hold a book with plastic pages?
A man in the midst of them all, standing up, holding a book and reading from it.