01935cam a2200349 i 4500 713881063 TxAuBib 20230320120000.0 220908s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022042129 9781538724217 trade paperback 1538724219 trade paperback TxAuBib rda Thompson, Kate, 1974- The little wartime library / Kate Thompson. First Forever edition. New York : Forever, 2023. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "First published in 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references. "London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her, Clara has risked everything she holds dear to turn the Bethnal Green tube station into the country's only underground library. Down here, a secret community thrives with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café, and a theater-offering shelter, solace, and escape from the bombs that fall upon their city. Along with her glamorous best friend and assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war drags on, the women's determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive"-- Provided by publisher. 20230320. World War, 1939-1945 England London Fiction. Libraries England London History 20th century Fiction. Bethnal Green (London, England) Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. Novels.