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Title details for The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy - Available

The Library at the Edge of the World

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by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Emma Lowe
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As she drives her mobile-library van between the villages of Ireland's West Coast, Hanna Casey tries not to think about a lot of things. Like the sophisticated lifestyle she abandoned after finding her English barrister husband in bed with another woman. Or that she's back in the rural Irish town she walked away from in her teens, living in the back bedroom of her overbearing mother's retirement bungalow. Or, worse yet, her nagging fear that, as the local librarian and a prominent figure in the community, her failed marriage and ignominious return have made her the focus of gossip. But now that her teenage daughter is off traveling the world and her relationship with her own mother is growing increasingly tense, Hanna is determined to reclaim her independence by restoring a derelict cottage left to her by her great-aunt. But then the threatened closure of the Lissbeg Library puts her personal plans in jeopardy, and Hanna finds herself leading a battle to restore the heart and soul of h er fragmented communit

  • Creators

  • Series

    Finfarran Peninsula

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 14, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666595963
      • File size: 279931 KB
      • Duration: 09:43:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This contemporary story about a small-town librarian blooms in the capable hands of narrator Emma Lowe, whose soft Irish lilt gives listeners a strong sense of place. After leaving her wealthy, cheating husband in London, middle-aged Hanna returns to rural Ireland, where she lives with her widowed mother and runs the town library with quiet efficiency. When the local tourist board proposes to revamp the high street, Hanna finds herself the unwitting leader of a grassroots rebellion. Lowe's nuanced characterizations emphasize the townsfolk's quirky personalities--Hanna's nagging mother, the crotchety local builder, the enthusiastic library assistant, and a gentle elderly nun, for example--and highlight Hanna's slowly developing courage and self-awareness. The audiobook has a few twists as Lowe's careful pacing guides listeners through the charming story. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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