The Underground Library : A Novel
β Scribed by Jennifer Ryan
- Book ID
- 112876620
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780593500392
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β¦ Synopsis
When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the communityβs beloved library in this novel based on true events from the author of The Chilbury Ladiesβ* Choir.*****
When the new deputy librarian, Juliet Lansdown, finds that Bethnal Green Library isnβt the bustling hub she is expecting, she becomes determined to breathe life back into it. But can she show the men in charge that a woman is up to the task of running the library, especially when a confrontation with her past threatens to derail her?
Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library, although she is only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front line and amid tumultuous family strife, she finds herself harboring a life-changing secret with no one to turn to for help.
Sofie Baumann, a young Jewish refugee, came to London on a...
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