Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin quarterly book box Effy can no longer escape

Effy can no longer escape into fantasy

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It seemed the perfect plan

the store's new owner

All she has to do is carry out the job and get paid

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin quarterly book box Effy can no longer escapeEmily Austin, the bestselling queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to work after a mental breakdown only to confront book banning crusaders in an empowering story of grief, love, and the power of libraries. Darcys life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy