Publisher's Synopsis
This is the story of a small-town library, its staff, and the fascinating group of people who make up its 'regulars'. We meet characters like the elderly Mad Hatter, who scurries around manically searching for books; Stewart, a gay man with a spray-on tan who pops in most days for a nice chat; and relentlessly cheerful Trish, who always dresses in pink. Some are tragic, some amusing, some surreal, but together they paint a picture of the world we live in today, and of a library's vital place within it. Reading Allowed provides us with a captivating portrait of a place that we all value and cherish, but which few of us truly know very much about...
