The Librarian : The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller

*A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller* '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 TimesAuthor: Vickers, Salley,author
Contributors: Vickers, Salley,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 400
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 1 Nov 2018
Bic Classification: England, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Author/Director/Artist: Salley Vickers
Dimension (cm): 198x130x25 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 27x197x129 mm
Item Weight (g): 278
Package Weight (g): 290