TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green,Amy Lynn
TI  - The Blackout Book Club: a novel 
SN  - 9780764239564
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Minneapolis, Minnesota
PB  - Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
KW  - Book clubs (Discussion groups)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Librarians
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - United States
KW  - Maine
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Christian fiction
N1  - Includes discussion questions (pages 369-371)
N2  - In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn't be more different--a wealthy spinster determined to aid the war effort, an exhausted mother looking for a fresh start, and a determined young war worker. At first, the struggles of the home front are all the club members have in common, but over time, the books they choose become more than an escape from the hardships of life and the fear of the U-boat battles that rage just past their shores. As the women face personal challenges and band together in the face of danger, they find they have more in common than they think. But when their growing friendships are tested by secrets of the past and present, they must decide whether depending on each other is worth the cost
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