The Library, Bella Osborne
The Library, Bella Osborne
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The Library

Author: Bella Osborne

Narrator: Julia Franklin, Harry Lister Smith

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2021

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Tom is a teenager and blends into the background of life. After a row with his dad, and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he escapes to the library. Tom unwittingly ends up with a bagful of romance novels and comes under the suspicion of Maggie. Maggie is a pensioner and has been happily alone for ten years, at least that's what she tells herself. When Tom comes to her rescue, a friendship develops that could change her life. . .They each set out to prove that the library isn't just about books - it's the heart of their community. Together they discover some things are worth fighting for.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on January 05, 2024

Rarely does a book hit so unexpectedly..... Tom is an awkward UK teenager who is at a major crossroads in his life. He needs to start thinking about his future which is difficult with no guidance. His mother died when he was eight, and his father is an alcoholic. Maggie is a seventy-two year old woma......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on January 06, 2022

4.5 stars. Tom Harris is 16 and about to sit his GCSEs, he’s invisible and likes it that way. His mum died when he was in year two and now it’s just him and his dad and he’s spiralling down so their home is not a happy place. Tom likes Farah Shah, she is a popular girl, out of his league but he deci......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on August 21, 2021

This was such a lovely book about two unlikely people forming a bond thanks to their local library. Tom is a sixteen-year-old boy who keeps to himself and is being raised by his alcoholic father. Maggie is a seventy-two-year-old energetic woman who lives alone on a farm. Tom goes to the library in a......more

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