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Title: The Little Village Library
Author: Helen Rolfe
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Orion
Publication Date: 6th February 2020
Rating: 4 Stars
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It takes a village...
Cloverdale is known for its winding roads, undulating hills and colourful cottages, and more recently, its Library of Shared Things. Need a ladder, a hedge trimmer or a waffle-maker? You can borrow it from the Library of Shared Things.
Single dad Adam is doing a good job of raising his daughter, Zoe, whilst burying his past and moving forwards. When he agrees to run a mending workshop at the Library, new friendships start to blossom.
Jennifer is a volunteer at the Library. When her younger sister Isla moves back to Cloverdale after their mother dies, Jennifer finds herself wondering whether Isla is hiding something.
And when Adam's daughter Zoe makes a startling discovery, it's time for the people at the Library of Shared Things to pull together and help one family with its biggest challenge of all.
This is a novel with community at its heart. It's about the kindness we can find when we least expect it and the bonds we can form when we're not even looking.
Cloverdale is known for its winding roads, undulating hills and colourful cottages, and more recently, its Library of Shared Things. Need a ladder, a hedge trimmer or a waffle-maker? You can borrow it from the Library of Shared Things.
Single dad Adam is doing a good job of raising his daughter, Zoe, whilst burying his past and moving forwards. When he agrees to run a mending workshop at the Library, new friendships start to blossom.
Jennifer is a volunteer at the Library. When her younger sister Isla moves back to Cloverdale after their mother dies, Jennifer finds herself wondering whether Isla is hiding something.
And when Adam's daughter Zoe makes a startling discovery, it's time for the people at the Library of Shared Things to pull together and help one family with its biggest challenge of all.
This is a novel with community at its heart. It's about the kindness we can find when we least expect it and the bonds we can form when we're not even looking.
What a deep and emotional but uplifting book this is.
It is clear from the off that Adam, Jennifer, Viola and Isla are all hiding things, and their secrets are alluded to often.
Strangely the largest reveal is also the one I kind of saw coming but not in that manner, the rest did surprise me.
It took me a while to get into the swing of this book, possibly due to the amount of characters I needed to keep in mind, but once I did I really fell for the village of Cloverdale and I love the concept of the Library of Shared Things.
There are many threads running through the story and once I was up to speed I was fully invested in seeing how everything would play out.
I really enjoyed this story and it was good to see that Helen Rolfe is able to write about some more serious topics than I've seen in the past, in such a sensitive and thought provoking way.
Definitely a book to make you think, filled with drama, intrigue and a great sense of community.
Thank you to Orion and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
It is clear from the off that Adam, Jennifer, Viola and Isla are all hiding things, and their secrets are alluded to often.
Strangely the largest reveal is also the one I kind of saw coming but not in that manner, the rest did surprise me.
It took me a while to get into the swing of this book, possibly due to the amount of characters I needed to keep in mind, but once I did I really fell for the village of Cloverdale and I love the concept of the Library of Shared Things.
There are many threads running through the story and once I was up to speed I was fully invested in seeing how everything would play out.
I really enjoyed this story and it was good to see that Helen Rolfe is able to write about some more serious topics than I've seen in the past, in such a sensitive and thought provoking way.
Definitely a book to make you think, filled with drama, intrigue and a great sense of community.
Thank you to Orion and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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