Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books is a hilarious satire by KirstenMiller about a provocative subject.
Beverly Underwood and Lula Dean are arch enemies – dating back to high school in their small town of Troy, Georgia. Lula becomes a local celebrity when she embarks on a mission to rid the public libraries of books she deems “pornographic” -- none of which she’s actually read – and starts her own little library in her front yard of books she deems “appropriate.” Now a member of the school board, Beverly finds herself once again in a battle with self-righteous Lula.
When Beverly’s daughter Lindsay sneaks in by night and secretly fills Lula Dean’s little free library with banned books wrapped in Lula’s dust jackets, all hell breaks loose. As neighbors borrow books from Lula Dean’s library, their lives are upended by the concepts they discover within the pages of the clandestine books. Former belief systems are challenged. Truths are acknowledged. Lives are validated. And real history is revealed.
The Girl’s Guide to the Revolution is wrapped in the cover of The Southern Belle’s Guide to Etiquette. A jacket that belongs to Our Confederate Heroes ends up on Beloved.
An ultimate showdown – Lula versus Beverly – truth versus fiction – intellectual freedom versus control – occurs when the two women run against each other for mayor.
I adored Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books. The author’s notes at the end of the book address the disturbing trend of book banning and motivate readers to stand up for intellectual liberty.
