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092    |fF|aLYONS 
100 1  Lyons, Annie,|eauthor. 
245 14 THE AIR RAID BOOK CLUB :|bA NOVEL /|cAnnie Lyons. 
250    First Harper Large Print edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarper Large Print, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2023] 
300    452 pages (large print) ;|c23 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
340    |nlarge print|2rda 
520    "London, 1938: The bookstore just doesn't feel the same to
       Gertie Bingham ever since the death of her beloved husband
       Harry. Bingham Books was a dream they shared together, and
       without Harry, Gertie wonders if it's time to take her 
       faithful old lab, Hemingway, and retire to the seaside. 
       But fate has other plans for Gertie. In Germany, Hitler is
       on the rise, and Jewish families are making the heart-
       wrenching decision to send their children away from the 
       growing turmoil. After a nudge from her dear friend 
       Charles, Gertie decides to take in one of these refugees, 
       a headstrong teenage girl named Hedy. Willful and fearless,
       Hedy reminds Gertie of herself at the same age, and shows 
       her that she can't give up just yet. With the terrible 
       threat of war on the horizon, the world needs people like 
       Gertie Bingham and her bookshop. When the Blitz begins and
       bombs whistle overhead, Gertie and Hedy come up with the 
       idea to start an air raid book club. Together with 
       neighbors and bookstore customers, they hold lively 
       discussions of everything from Winnie the Pooh to 
       Wuthering Heights. After all, a good book can do wonders 
       to bolster people's spirits, even in the most trying 
       times. But even the best book can only provide a temporary
       escape, and as the tragic reality of the war hits home, 
       the book club faces unimaginable losses. They will need 
       all the strength of their stories and the bonds they've 
       formed to see them through to brighter days"--|cProvided 
       by publisher. 
650  0 Book clubs (Discussion groups)|vFiction. 
650  0 Books and reading|vFiction. 
650  0 Teenage refugees|vFiction. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|zEngland|zLondon|vFiction. 
651  0 London (England)|xHistory|yBombardment, 1940-1941
       |vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
655  7 Large print books.|2lcgft 
655  7 Large type books.|2local