Morning Fiction Book Club: The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson

Start your day with a lively discussion and great reads! Our new Morning Fiction Book Club meets monthly on the first Thursday of each month. Each month we will explore a work of fiction ranging from contemporary favorites to timeless classics sharing our thoughts and insights.

Whether you’re an avid reader or looking to get back into books, this club is a welcome space for all. Copies of the month’s selection will be available at the library. Join us for our first meeting where we will discuss The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson.

The Little Wartime Library is an uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II. London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her, Clara has risked everything she holds dear to turn the Bethnal Green tube station into the country’s only underground library. Down here, a secret community thrives with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café, and a theater—offering shelter, solace, and escape from the bombs that fall upon their city.

Along with her glamorous best friend and assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war drags on, the women’s determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive.