The Bookshelf

The Bookshelf: In Sue Halpern's New Novel, the Library Takes Center Stage


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In the new novel by Sue Halpern , a young woman named Sunny gets busted for stealing a dictionary and a judge sentences her to work as a volunteer at a library in the small town of Riverton, New Hampshire. This “Riverton” is not the actual “Riverton,” New Hampshire but a fictional one that has fallen on hard times. Summer Hours at the Robber’s Library is Sue Halpern’s seventh book. She spoke with NHPR's Peter Biello. Sue Halpern's Top Five Reading Recommendations: Halpern writes as a preface to
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