![]() ![]() Mr Booth, Sylvia’s unpleasant, philandering boss and Mr Collins, the head of the library committee, are set against change. Sylvia has fallen into a viper’s nest of local politics and, some heart-warming moments aside (her tutoring helps a local girl to pass exams), she’s soon surrounded by conflict. If the plot so far sounds slightly twee, don’t panic. ![]() ![]() She starts a campaign to put reading at the heart of the community, bringing in newer novels and approaching the local school and Women’s Institute for support. Well intentioned Sylvia realises the library is avoided by local children (and with ‘moral’ titles like ‘The Joys of Obedience’ it’s easy to see why). 24-year-old Sylvia Blackwell takes a post at the local children’s library, and moves to a rickety, rented cottage in the area. The Librarian is set in the 1950s, in a small English town called East Mole. Imagine an England without internet or mobile phones, where people leave their doors unlocked and neighbours help each other a time when affairs are common, and fast-spreading, malicious gossip can ruin lives. ![]()
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