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The Library at the Edge of the World

by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
8 CDs. 9:45 hrs. Dreamscape. ISBN 9781520085210. $47.99. 2 MP3-CDs. F
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Fleeing from a failed marriage, Hannah returns with her daughter to Hannah's hometown in rural Ireland. She swallows some of her pride, moves in with her mother, and uses her librarian degree to accept a job as the mobile-library van driver and branch manager. In a postponed effort to reclaim her life, she takes on the renovation project of a long-abandoned stone cottage inheritance. When her library job, project, and library users are threatened by impending change, she learns that she must work with and not against her community. A richly layered narration by Emma Lowe places the listener firmly on a wonderful (albeit fictional) part of the Irish coast. Secondary characters are fleshed out and hold their own in this cozy escape of a novel.
VERDICT Highly recommended. ["An appealing novel that will delight Maeve Binchy fans. There are plenty of good discussion points about the nature of community for book clubs and thoughtful readers": LJ 9/1/17 review of the Harper hc.]
Reviewed by J. Sara Paulk, Houston Cty. P.L., Perry, GA , Mar 01, 2018
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