A young librarian and an old curmudgeon forge the unlikeliest of friendships in this charming uplit novel about one misfit book club and the lives it changed along the wayBecause books have a way of bringing even the loneliest of souls togetherSloane Parker lives a small contained life as a librarian in her small contained town She never thinks of herself as lonelybut still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloanes day that when Arthur doesnt show up one morning shes instantly concerned And then another day passes and anotherAnxious Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedriddenand desperately struggling to hide how happy he is to see her Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthurs gloomy life Sloane creates an impromptu book club Slowly the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other and in their book club find the joy of unlikely friendship Because as it turns out everyone has a special book in their heartand a reason to get lost and eventually found within the pages