{"product_id":"9780008654306","title":"Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books","description":"Author: Kirsten Miller\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008654306\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Aug 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Clever and astute … a cracking read’ \u003cem\u003eThe Belfast Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways’ \u003cem\u003eHello Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Change\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up against this censorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT’S TIME TO RISE UP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Troy, Georgia, local woman Lula Dean has campaigned to cleanse the town’s reading habits. All the ‘disgusting’, ‘pornographic’ and downright ‘un-American’ books have been removed from public spaces. Now, the townspeople are only allowed to read ‘appropriate’ books from Lula’s personal lending library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut a small group refuse to be told what they can and cannot read and, unbeknownst to Lula, her personal collection is slowly restocked with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, spell books, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne by one, each person who borrows the books from Lula’s library find their lives changed in unexpected ways. And as they begin to reveal their new selves, it’s clear that a showdown is fast approaching – one that will change the town of Troy forever …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Kirsten Miller:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too’ JAMES PATTERSON \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A story that’s as furious as it is tender’ EMILY HENRY on \u003cem\u003eThe Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A roar of rage … I loved it’ MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I couldn’t put it down’ ERIN KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Bewitching and satisfying’ \u003cem\u003eTHE INDEPENDENT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46544542892190,"sku":"HPC-9780008654306","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008654306.jpg?v=1771649170","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008654306","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}