She had graduated from a Catholic school in Michigan in 1980

Aug 26, 2013 11:57 GMT  ·  By

A student at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Michigan has mailed back a book borrowed from the school library 33 years ago.

According to Huffington Post, Cynthia Gonzales borrowed “T.S. Eliot” by Leonard Unger before graduating in 1980.

“I graduated from ASH in 1980. I live now in Dubai, of the U.A.E. In a radical decluttering of my belongings, I came across the enclosed. Please accept my sincere apologies for the 33-year tardy return!” she wrote in a note included in the package.

Gonzales works as a human relations coach and trainer in Dubai and she has authored books herself. Her former school is located thousands of miles away, in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

School officials describe being very proud of their alumn and how she has demonstrated having a conscience.