'Clever and astute ... a cracking read' The Belfast Telegraph 'One by one residents read the
books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways' Hello Magazine * * * From the author of
The Change comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up against this
censorship. IT'S TIME TO RISE UP In 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. But 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. One 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 ... * * * Praise
for Kirsten Miller: '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 'A story that's as
furious as it is tender' EMILY HENRY on The Change 'A roar of rage ... I loved it' MARIAN KEYES
'I couldn't put it down' ERIN KELLY 'Bewitching and satisfying' THE INDEPENDENT
