Lula Dean's little library of banned books : a novel / Kirsten Miller.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063348691
- ISBN: 0063348691
- Physical Description: 298 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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Subject: | Prohibited books > Fiction. Public libraries > Fiction. Enemies > Fiction. City and town life > Fiction. Censorship > Fiction. Vendetta > Fiction. Mayors > Fiction. Censorship. Georgia > Fiction. |
Genre: | Social problem fiction. Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 30 of 72 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 2 copies available at Toe River Valley Regional Library . (Show)
Holds
- 12 current holds with 72 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC MIL (Text) | 31111003035829 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2025 |
Spruce Pine Public Library | FIC MIL (Text) | 34444002915494 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/17/2025 |
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F MILLER (Text) | 39493110118108 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Andrews Public Library | F MIL (Text) | 80605003728853 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beaufort Main | F MILLE (Text) | 34208900222406 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Black Mountain Library | F MIL (Text) | 0020660325505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bordeaux Library | F MILLER (Text) | 31781068340478 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Mil (Text) | 37807000063703 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Clemmons Branch | FIC Miller, Kirsten (Text) | 0112523816778 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/07/2025 |
Clemmons Branch | FIC Miller, Kirsten (Text) | 0112523816787 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/06/2025 |
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