The fact that this novel was inspired by the Council of Books in Wartime, which was a real WWII institution, had me intrigued from the beginning. As the synopsis states, many people came together to use books as “weapons in the war of ideas”, so people could gather factual knowledge instead of propaganda.
And what a timely novel indeed, when we're in the midst of a cultural culling of books in libraries across the nation - where our First Amendment freedom of speech and press is being nullified before our very eyes.
I absolutely understand the need to decide for your own children and families what is acceptable for them to read based on your own beliefs, but to snatch away that decision from others is unfathomable to me.
My point is... read this book! WWII began with taking away the ability to read many books because of fear of "evil" influence. Just a thought... but if you're one of the people supporting book banning, have you considered that perhaps your fear is misplaced?
Thank you so much, partners BiblioLifestyle & William Morrow Books for this lovely gifted review copy!
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk❤️!
Brianna Labuskes, you killed it!
Read 3/9/23
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