{"product_id":"the-secret-society-of-librarians-by-kate-thompson","title":"The Secret Society of Librarians by Kate Thompson","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;} .cs1844654{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs75B323B{11pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"_dx_frag_StartFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eLondon, 1939.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhen war breaks out on librarian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eJoyce Kindred\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e's doorstep and a call for help rings out across the libraries of London, she's determined to act. Joyce knows only the world of books can offer safety and comfort to her neighbourhood - and she will make sure no one is left behind. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eJoyce sets up a mobile library scheme, but soon her acts of resistance go beyond sharing books. She shelters a young Jewish refugee, Adela - and it's not long before she discovers Adela has a secret that could turn their world upside down again...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eOccupied Poland, 1942.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eDorotha \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eknows any chance of her escaping the barbed wire fences and cruelty of the Lodz ghetto dwindles by the day. Reading isn't just an act of defiance: it's the only thing left in her life over which she has any control. And so she shares books under the cover of darkness, creating a secret library away from her captors - that is, until even that last ray of hope is taken from her... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs1844654\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eJoyce and Dorotha were once librarians, ordinary women, and best friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eThe war has forced them into acts of unimaginable bravery - but will they ever find each other again?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eMain Subject (BIC)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44147178471512,"sku":"9781399746380","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781399746380_1.jpg?v=1779853427","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/the-secret-society-of-librarians-by-kate-thompson","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}