TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Kate
TI  - The little wartime library
SN  - 9781538724217
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Forever
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Libraries
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women librarians
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Bethnal Green (London, England)
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - War fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - "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." -- Verso; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "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"--
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