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The New Town Librarian

By: Kathy Anderson
Narrated by: Gwen Steel
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Queer middle-aged librarian Nan Nethercott, a wisecracking hypochondriac with a lackluster career and a nonexistent love life, needs to make a drastic life change before it’s too late. When she lands a job as librarian in a seemingly idyllic small town in southern New Jersey, Nan quickly discovers unforeseen challenges.

Nan’s landlady, Immaculata, launches daily intrusions from below. The library, housed in the former town jail, is overrun by marauding middle-schoolers. A mysterious reader leaves distressing messages in book stacks all over the library. Thomasina, the irresistible butch deli owner, is clearly a delicious affair and not the relationship Nan craves.

There’s no turning back though. Nan must come up with her own wildly unorthodox solutions to what the town and its people throw at her and fight for what she wants until she makes a shiny new life—one with her first true home, surprising friends, a meaningful career, and a promising new love.

©2023 Kathy Anderson (P)2024 NineStar Press Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction
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I loved reading this book. I really got pulled into the lives of the characters. There is a lot of depth to the characters and I could see each one. Being from the Philadelphia area and having gone through the Pine Barrens area before it was great to see how the author really tucked in familiar things about the region. I hope that there is a sequel in the future. I want to know what happens to the characters and the town. The themes of change, identity, choices, chosen family, laughter/love, and fit come up in this book. It was upbeat, but with real content and connection. Can't wait to read more by this author.

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Gwen Steel's narration of The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson is a cozy listen that shows you can change your story at any age. How a library can change a life, a community, and create a family. It makes me want to be part of Nan's library family and live in that little New Jersey town.

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