The Little Wartime Library
Books | Fiction / Sagas
3.6
Kate Thompson
'A splendid warm-hearted novel' - Rachel HoreLondon, 1944.Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the tracks in the disused Bethnal Green tube station. Down here a secret community thrives: with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café and a theatre offering shelter, solace and escape from the bombs that fall above. Along with her glamorous best friend and library 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 seems it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive. Based on true events, The Little Wartime Library is a gripping and heart-wrenching page-turner that remembers one of the greatest resistance stories of the war.
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Author
Kate Thompson
Pages
496
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published Date
2022-02-17
ISBN
1529348722 9781529348729
Ratings
Google: 5
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"First let me say I don't like books or movies with dark, intense emotions. I am just too sensitive. Anyway, this book seemed frivolous at first, but it's not. It is set in 1944 London and inspired by a true story. There's a library and many hundreds of people living in an unfinished underground railroad. It's so far beneath the surface, it keeps people safe. The story is mostly about two woman friends in charge of the library and how they interact with others. It's interesting and does not shy away from people dying in bomb blasts from the Germans. However, it's not heavy-handed in the telling and I don't feel myself tensing up as I read it. Really recommend it."
Judy
