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Author
Language
English
Description
From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create.
People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most:
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Adult Summer Reading 2023: Books About Books
ASR 2022: Staff Recommendations
BMM Express: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Literary Fiction!
ASR 2022: Staff Recommendations
BMM Express: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Literary Fiction!
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
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