The Blackout Book Club (Paperback)

from Claudia

The Blackout Book Club beautifully demonstrates the importance of stories in our lives, and in doing so it also becomes an important story. Amy Lynn Green skillfully brings her characters to life, drawing her readers to empathize with the struggles and joys they and those close to them experience...

from Polly

Step into the past and see what one plucky librarian tries in order to save a private library from extinction during 1942 on the home front. Could a bookclub revive the library and bring the citizens together? “...books make fine friends - but fellow readers even better.” Ms. Green has given us w...

from Semmie

** “Put in straightforward terms — humans need stories because they appeal to our unconscious needs for love, justice, discovery, etc.” ** Amy Lynn Green offers a delightful story that is a love letter to reading and friends that read together in “The Blackout Book Club.” When Avis Montgomery's...

from Kim

The Blackout Book Club by Dana Amy Lynn Green is a stand-alone WWll novel; set in a small fictional town in Maine. After her brother goes off to war, Avis Montgomery takes over his job at the local library. Starting a book club seemed like a very good idea at the time. What started as a spur of t...

from Tickmenot

During WWII, in a small town in Maine, a group of very different people come together to form a book club. The members include: Louise, the wealthiest person in town, and the most difficult. Her father donated the library, now, she wants to close it. Avis started the book club to keep Louise from...