“Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too.”--James Patterson
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking! Kirsten Miller, author of The Change, brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything.
Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on mission to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read. To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need.
What Lula doesn’t know is that a local troublemaker has stolen her wholesome books, removed their dust jackets, and restocked Lula’s library with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, witchy spell books, Judy Blume novels, and more. One by one, neighbors who borrow books from Lula Dean’s library find their lives changed in unexpected ways. Finally, one of Lula Dean’s enemies discovers the library and decides to turn the tables on her, just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other to replace the town’s disgraced mayor.
That’s when all the townspeople who’ve been borrowing from Lula’s library begin to reveal themselves. That's when the showdown that’s been brewing between Beverly and Lula will roil the whole town...and change it forever.
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“Golden Voice Narrator January LaVoy becomes the characters of Troy, Georgia...LaVoy imbues these diverse characters with tones ranging from gruff to sugary sweet, matching their personalities perfectly. LaVoy acts out this story with grace, a touch of humor, and just a smidgen of emotion.”
— AudioFile
“This incisive comedy from Miller finds a Georgia town transformed amid a fight over book bans…a clever send-up of book banners’ misplaced fears…[A] page-turner as social critique.”
— Publishers Weekly“Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel, and you will too.”
— James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling authorBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Kirsten Miller is the author of The Change, a Good Morning America Book Club pick, as well as the groundbreaking young adult series starring Kiki Strike.
January LaVoy, winner of numerous awards for narration, was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She is an American actress best known for her character Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. In addition to working extensively in narration and television, including roles on Law & Order and All My Children, she has worked on and off Broadway as well as in regional theater.