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Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
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Clever and astute … a cracking read The Belfast Telegraph One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways Hello Magazine From the author of The Change, comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up...
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‘Clever and astute … a cracking read’ The Belfast Telegraph ‘One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways’ Hello Magazine * * *
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Clever and astute … a cracking read The Belfast Telegraph
One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways Hello Magazine
From the author of The Change, comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up against this censorship.
IT’S TIME TO RISE UP
In Troy, Georgia, local woman Lula Dean has campaigned to cleanse the town’s reading habits. All the ‘disgusting’, ‘pornographic’ and downright ‘un-American’ books have been removed from public spaces. Now, the townspeople are only allowed to read ‘appropriate’ books from Lula’s personal lending library.
But a small group refuse to be told what they can and cannot read and, unbeknownst to Lula, her personal collection is slowly restocked with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, spell books, and more.
One by one, each person who borrows the books from Lula’s library finds their lives changed in unexpected ways. And as they begin to reveal their new selves, it’s clear that a showdown is fast approaching – one that will change the town of Troy forever …
Praise for Kirsten Miller:
Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too JAMES PATTERSON
A story that’s as furious as it is tender EMILY HENRY on The Change
A roar of rage … I loved it MARIAN KEYES
I couldn’t put it down ERIN KELLY
Bewitching and satisfying The Independent
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008654306
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 March 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HQ
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Kirsten Miller is a groundbreaking feminist author in YA literature, best known for her popular Kiki Strike series. In addition to writing novels, Kirsten spent twenty-five years as a strategist in the advertising industry. During that time, she worked for some of the largest agencies in the world, as well as boutique agencies and an eight-person start-up.
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