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The Librarian

By Salley Vickers

The Librarian Contemporary literature

The Librarian

By Salley Vickers

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'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand; she's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists.' Philip Pullman In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children's librarian in a run down library in the market town of East Mole. Her mission is to fire the enthusiasm of the children of East Mole for reading. But her love affair with the local married GP, and her befriending of his precious daughter, her neighbour's son and her landlady's neglected grandchild, ignite the prejudices of the town, threatening her job and the very existence of the library with dramatic consequences for them all. The Librarian is a moving testament to the joy of reading and the power of books to change and inspire us all. "Underneath the delightful patina of nostalgia for post-War England, there are stern and spiky questions about why we are allowing our children to be robbed of their heritage of story." Frank Cottrell Boyce 'Vickers has a formidable knack for laying open the human heart' Sunday Times
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2018-04-26
Publication Date:
2018-04-26
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241330211
ISBN13:
9780241330210
Weight:
490 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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