Summer Hours at the Robbers Library

From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry,observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. HalpernΓÇÖs novel is an unforgettable tale of family…the kind you come from and the kind you create. People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselvesof course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kitthe public library in RivertonNew Hampshireoffers what she craves most: peace. Hereno one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settledsuburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget her problems. But that changes when fifteen-year-oldhome-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary. The judge throws the book at SunnyΓÇöliterallyΓÇöassigning her to do community service at the library for the summer. Brightcuriousand eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parentsSunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. TheyΓÇÖre joined by Rustya Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth. In this little library that has become the heart of this small townKitSunnyand Rusty are drawn to each otherand to a cast of other offbeat regulars. As they come to terms with how their lives have unraveledthey also discover how they might knit them together again and finally reclaim their stories.