The Librarian of Basra
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Authors: Jeanette Winter
- Language: English
- Book Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Alia Muhammad Baker's library in Basra, Iraq, has been a meeting place for those who love books for the past fourteen years. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library - along with the thirty thousand books within it - will be destroyed forever.
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Product code:
9780358141839
In this incredible true story of a war-stricken country where civilians seem powerless in the face of battle, this feminist and inspirational tale about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us how, throughout the world, the love of literature can unite us all.
