London's secret library

London's Secret Library is an inspiring novel based on the true story of a library that became the beating heart of an underground bunker in London during World War II.

Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world is at war and London suffers from German bombings, Clara created England's only underground library, built on the tracks of Bethnal Green tube station. Deep within the English capital lies a space occupied by thousands of bunk beds, a medical center, a café, and a theater that offers shelter, comfort, and escape from the bombs falling on the city's surface. It is there that a community thrives.

Alongside her glamorous best friend and assistant, Ruby Munroe, Clara does everything she can to keep the library the beating heart of this underground life. But as the war drags on, their determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is pushed to its limit just when the lives of those closest to them seem to depend on it.

Based on a true story, London's Secret Library is a gripping and moving book that revisits one of the greatest resistance stories of World War II.

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“A moving story that shows us how friendship and writing can help keep us going in the most difficult times.” – Janet Skeslien Charles, author of The Paris Library