Welcome to the Debut Author Book Club, a collaboration between Palmyra Public Library and Book Bar. For December, the selected book is The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson (book description is located at the bottom of this listing).
So come out, grab a drink at Book Bar's beverage bar, and join us for a lively book discussion! When you purchase this book club pick from Book Bar or borrow it from the Palmyra Public Library, your support will help us be here for a long time and put on more events! Purchasing from the links below will enable Book Bar to receive a percentage of the sale.
Purchasing options from Book Bar are below:
In Store - Stop by our location at 50 N. Railroad St. in Palmyra, PA!
Shipped - To purchase from Bookshop and get it delivered straight to your door, order from the following link:
https://bookshop.org/a/98905/9781464295164
Ebook - https://bookshop.org/a/98905/9781464278389
Audiobook - You can purchase audiobooks from us on Libro.fm. This audiobook can be easily found here:
https://libro.fm/playlists/13907?bookstore=bookbarus
We look forward to seeing you!
Book Description:
Deep in the library lives a hidden room
where magic lines the shelves and memories lie in wait
Ready for readers daring enough to finally discover the truth.
In the coastal town of Foxhollow Bay, librarian Claire Ashford keeps her life as meticulously ordered as the centuries-old library she calls home. But when the town announces plans to shut it down, her sanctuary, and the life she's built within its walls, begins to crumble.
One night, while wandering the stacks after hours, Claire discovers a door that shouldn't exist. And behind it lies a secret room filled with books no one else can see.
Each book pulls her into the memories of those who have passed through the library's doors--moments half-lived and stories left unfinished. Buried within these pages is a message the library has been trying to share, urging Claire to uncover the path to saving it.
With the demolition looming and time running out, Claire must piece together what the library is trying to show her. But one book keeps calling her back, and in its pages is a memory that could change everything. One that reveals the key to saving the library may be tangled in her own memories more than she ever could have imagined.
An ode to the power of community and hope, The Memory of Borrowed Books is a sweeping story about what's at stake when the places we love--and the memories they hold--are threatened. A reminder that what we fight to preserve just might be the very thing that saves us in return.