The keeper of hidden books

The keeper of hidden books A novel

Madeline Martin

Book - 2023

"As bombs rain down on Warsaw and Hitler's forces surround the city, childhood friends Marta and Janina join the war effort using one of the only weapons that still feel safe to them: literature, fighting to preserve their culture and community and finding hope in each other in order to survive.

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Subjects
Books and reading > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Poland > Fiction.
Libraries > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Nazis > Poland > Fiction.
Friendships.
Homosociality.
Women's friendships.
Warsaw (Poland) > History > Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Novels.
Genres
Historical fiction
War fiction
Novels
Published
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press [2023]
Language
English
Main Author
Madeline Martin (author)
Physical Description
402 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781335005779
9781335455024
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Review by Booklist Review

August 1939. Fresh-faced Warsaw librarian Zofia Nowak waits for her life to begin. With her two main concerns--her best friend Janina and books--Zofia never suspects the threat approaching her beloved city. Only a few decades after Poland's hard-won liberation from Russian control, Zofia's world is turned upside down when Germany attacks and occupies the country. Working at the Warsaw library, Zofia provides solace to oppressed citizens through life-giving books, all the while besieged by fear for Janina and her family as Polish Jews. To resist in her own way, Zofia forms a book club to read books banned by Hitler. Novel by novel, the group reinforces their opposition to Nazi cruelty and the eradication of knowledge. Zofia matures amidst bombings and death, realizing her role in the fight for a free Poland and repeatedly risking her life to help Janina and find sanctuary for the books that would otherwise be destroyed. Martin (The Librarian Spy, 2022) explores the lengths one would go to for friendship, freedom, and the power of literature.

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