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The booklover's library : a novel / Madeline Martin.
Van Pelt Library PS3613.A78326 B66 2024
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Martin Booklover
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Madeline, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries--Fiction.
- Libraries.
- Widows--Fiction.
- Widows.
- Single mothers--Fiction.
- Single mothers.
- World War, 1939-1945--England--Nottinghamshire--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 416 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Book lover's library
- Place of Publication:
- Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- In Nottingham, England, widow Emma Taylor finds herself in desperate need of a job. She and her beloved daughter Olivia have always managed just fine on their own, but with the legal restrictions prohibiting widows with children from most employment opportunities, she is left with only one option: persuading the manager at Boots Booklover's Library to take a chance on her with a job. When the threat of war in England becomes a reality, Olivia must be evacuated to the countryside. In the wake of being separated from her daughter, Emma seeks solace in the unlikely friendships she forms with her neighbors and coworkers, and a renewed sense of purpose through the recommendations she provides to the library's quirky regulars. But the job does not come without its difficulties. Books are mysteriously mis-shelved and disappearing and the work at the lending library forces her to confront the memories of her late father and the bookstore they once owned together before a terrible accident. As the Blitz intensifies in Nottingham and Emma fights to reunite with her daughter, she must learn to depend on her community and the power of literature more than ever to find hope in the darkest of times.-- Provided by publisher.
- In wartime England, widow Emma, when she's separated from her daughter, seeks solace in the friendships she forms at Boots' Booklover's Library, but when the Blitz intensifies, she fights to reunite with her daughter, learning to depend on her community and the power of literature to find hope in the darkest of times.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781335000392 (paperback)
- 1335000399 (paperback)
- OCLC:
- 1455280332
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