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The Wartime Book Club / Kate Thompson.

Thompson, Kate, 1974- (author.).

Summary:

Jersey, 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community, now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule on the people of the island. Grace La Mottée, the island's only librarian, is ordered to destroy books which threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, postwoman Bea Rose, she wants to fight back. So she forms the wartime book club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading. But as the occupation drags on, the women's quiet acts of bravery become more perilous - and more important - than ever before. And, when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance.

Record details

ISBN: 9781538757017 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: 502 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York : Forever, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in Great Britain in 2024 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company"--Title page verso. Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.