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The little wartime library / Kate Thompson.

Thompson, Kate, 1974- (author.).

Summary:

"London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her, Clara has risked everything she holds dear to turn the Bethnal Green tube station into the country's only underground library. Down here, a secret community thrives with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café, and a theater-offering shelter, solace, and escape from the bombs that fall upon their city. Along with her glamorous best friend and assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war drags on, the women's determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538724217
  • ISBN: 1538724219
  • Physical Description: 467 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Forever edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Forever, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company"--Title page verso.
"Reading group guide copyright © 2023 by Kate Thompson and Hachette Book Group, Inc."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.

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Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 > England > London > Fiction.
Libraries > England > London > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Women librarians > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Women's friendships.
Bethnal Green (London, England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Novels.

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