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Louisiana Saves the Library

by Emily Beck Cogburn
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For Louisiana Richardson, desperate times call for crazy-like-a-fox measures. As the new librarian at Alligator Bayou Parish's struggling library, she's returning to her Southern roots and facing trouble hotter than fresh cornbread out of the oven. Somehow, she's got to draw readers back in and prove the library is still vital—even as domineering parish board head Mrs. Gunderson plans to shut it down for good. If that means Louise has to resort to some unconventional methods—like outrageous inter-library Zumba classes, and forming a book club that's anything but Oprah-approved—well, it wouldn't be the first time she went out on a limb...
Soon Louise is doing everything she can to rally the whole community. Before she knows it, she's sparking welcome changes—and uncovering surprising secrets—throughout her new town. And between glasses of sweet tea, bowls of mouth-watering gumbo and the warmth of a tantalizing new love, the newly single Southern mom might find a life she never imagined—and a place to finally call home.
 
Emily Beck Cogburn crafts a novel full of charm, delight and acres of heart about the enduring joys of storytelling and the ways hope can write life's most extraordinary moments.

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    February 1, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781617739941
      • File size: 425 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781617739941
      • File size: 425 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      November 15, 2015
      Budget cuts and the prevalent feeling that libraries are no longer relevant plague Louise and her best friend, Sylvia. First, they lose their prestigious positions as professors of library science at Louisiana A&M. Then the only jobs they can find are as lowly, all-purpose staff members at Alligator Bayou Parish's bare-bones library, where there are no multimedia resources or outreach programs, and the concept of interlibrary loan might as well be straight out of science fiction. Faced with a board president who wants the library shuttered because, hey, everyone has the Internet, right? and Barnes & Noble is only two towns away, Louise and Sylvia scramble to shore up support to keep the library open. Book groups, Zumba lessons, and even cooking classes may not be enough to protect this essential town resource, and the two intrepid librarians are soon rallying all available means to thwart their enemies and save their jobs. Readers who enjoy rooting for the underdog will ardently cheer on Cogburn's plucky, courageous library heroines.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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