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Join us for our Adult Book Group on Thursday 3 December, 7-8:00 pm
Tickets £8.00/£18.00 (includes a glass of festive cheer and free raffle entry)
The adult book group read for December is Eloise Williams’ uplifting novel for younger readers, The Library of Lost Stories. Our Pageturners children’s book group will be reading the same book this month – it will be interesting to hear their perspectives.
Set in a small Welsh village in the Valleys in 1976, this novel brings to life the hardship Noni faces as a young carer after her mother’s death. She and her dad have no money left and the bailiffs are a constant threat. When she discovers a derelict mobile library van parked in scary Mrs. Williams’ drive, Noni believes it’s the perfect fixer-upper project that might just get her dad out of bed and back to life. The project also forces Noni to break out of her own isolation and make a few friends.
The Library of Lost Stories also hearkens back to the devastation of the Aberfan mining disaster in 1966 whose 60th anniversary was marked by national tributes earlier this year.
Eloise Williams is an acclaimed writer of children’s fiction and was the inaugural Children’s Laureate of Wales in 2019-2021. 10% of any author profit from this book will be donated to charities that support young carers.
You can order your copy of The Library of Lost Stories from The Little Bookshop when you book your place
Booking is essential, online or at the bookshop.