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• The Wall
  2 Reviews from Larne Reading Groups! Firstly, The Larne Bookworms. "As with most books some of us loved this and some of us didn't get past the first half. Either way all of us agreed we understood wh...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Volunteer
  This is the true story of Witold Pilecki, which remained lost for many years after the conclusion of WWII. In an act of near-incomprehensible bravery, he volunteered to investigate Nazi crimes in Ausc...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
  I feel that this book is worth reading as it gives a deeper understanding of the Darwin’s lifestyle and depths that they went to as to devise a cunning and devious master plan to gain money from a fra...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Paris Library
  Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is a powerful , and as we all agreed an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, jealousy, betra...
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• The Midnight Library
  Deeply unhappy in her ‘root life’, Nora Seed unexpectedly finds herself in The Midnight Library, caught somewhere between life and death.  Every book in this magical place has a different story, givin...
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• The Maid
  I devoured this book in a day, engrossed in its pages until the very last one. It tells the story of Molly. A young girl who works as a maid at a grand hotel, she is extremely efficient and good at he...
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• The Librarian of Auschwitz (1)
  I finished The Librarian of Auschwitz and it created loads of debate in the online book club I've been part of for 6 or 7 years (I put my reviews on there of everything I read). Lots of debate around ...
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• The Librarian of Auschwitz
  Although classed as fiction, The Librarian of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Dita Kraus (nee Polanchova). It was written by Antonio Iturbe, after extensive interviews with this Auschwitz- Bir...
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• The Giver of Stars (3)
  The Giver of Stars is set in Depression-era America, a breath-taking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.Based on a true story r...
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• The Giver of Stars (1)
  The Giver of Stars was read by Suffolk Library Reading Group in March 2021. It is a fictional story of the courageous librarians of the real life WPA Packhorse library that brought books to the most i...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023