THE DEPARTMENT OF RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS : a novel / Eva Jurczyk
Publisher: Naperville, United States : Poisoned Pen PRESS, [2022?]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 323 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781728238593
- 23Â 813.6
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Perpustakaan Alor Setar | RFID | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763665 | ||
Book | Perpustakaan Sungai Petani | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763666 | |||
Book | Perpustakaan Baling | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763670 | |||
Book | Perpustakaan Bandar Baharu | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763671 | |||
Book | Perpustakaan Jitra | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763667 | |||
Book | Perpustakaan Kulim | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763669 | |||
Book | Perpustakaan Langkawi | Pinjaman Dewasa | 813.6 JUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A01763668 |
Browsing Perpustakaan Jitra shelves, Shelving location: Pinjaman Dewasa Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
813.6 HOO REMINDERS OF HIM : | 813.6 JAM BLACK LEOPARD RED WOLF / | 813.6 JIO WITH LOVE FROM LONDON : | 813.6 JUR THE DEPARTMENT OF RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS : | 813.6 KAG LEGION / | 813.6 KAM Unmarriageable : | 813.6 KEI THE DUTCH WIFE / |
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 317-323).
"With its countless revelations about the dusty realms of rare books, a likable librarian sleuth who has just the right balance of compassion and wit, and a library setting that is teeming with secrets, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is a rare treat for readers. I loved this book!"-Matthew Sullivan, author of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Anxious People meets the delights of bookish fiction in a stunning debut following a librarian whose quiet life is turned upside down when a priceless manuscript goes missing. Soon she has to ask: what holds more secrets in the library-the ancient books shelved in the stacks, or the people who preserve them?
Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing.
Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book, but is told repeatedly to keep quiet, to keep the doors open and the donors happy. But then a librarian unexpectedly stops showing up to work. Liesl must investigate both disappearances, unspooling her colleagues' pasts like the threads of a rare book binding as it becomes clear that someone in the department must be responsible for the theft. What Liesl discovers about the dusty manuscripts she has worked among for so long-and about the people who care for and revere them-shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life.
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is a sparkling book-club read about a woman struggling to step out from behind the shadows of powerful and unreliable men, and reveals the dark edge of obsession running through the most devoted bookworms.
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