Is This a Cry for Help?
a novel
$31.19
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2026
Summary
Emily Austin, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines,” 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.
Darcy’s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668232323 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1668232324 |
| Author: | Emily Austin |
| Publisher: | Atria Books |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Emily Austin
Emily Austin is the author of We Could Be Rats, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Interesting Facts About Space, and the poetry collection Gay Girl Prayers. She was born in Ontario, Canada, and received two writing grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts. She studied English literature and library science at Western University. She currently lives in Ottawa, in the territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.
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