352 pages / 11 hrs, 7 mins
Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in
her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still
she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan
comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a
highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's
instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another.
Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to
discover him all but bedridden...and desperately struggling to hide how happy
he is to see her. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane
creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town
begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely
friendship. Because as it turns out, everyone has a special book in their
heart—and a reason to get lost (and eventually found) within the pages.
I laughed and cried and loved the characters who took the time and effort to see beyond the behavior to the need. I give it four out of five stars.
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