1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of women determined to rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen – children’s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate.
The librarians of Rue de Picardie
FictionAuthor Charles, Janet Skeslien Published by Headline Review ISBN 9781035417902 EAN 9781035417902 Bic Code FJMF|DNX|FV Cover Paperback
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