Montana native pens novel on life of American librarian who helped modernize French libraries
"New York Times” bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles releases new novel “Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade.” A book signing is planned Tuesday, July 16 at Hooper's Garden Center. (Photo by Krystal Kenney)
“Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade," by Janet Skeslien Charles, is a novel based on the true life of American librarian Jessie Carson, who was integral in starting children's libraries in France during World War I. It is the latest in a "library trilogy" by the “New York Times” bestselling author of “The Paris Library." Copies of the books will be available at a book signing planned Tuesday, July 16 at Hooper's Garden Center. (Courtesy image)
New York Times bestselling author of “The Paris Library” Janet Skeslien Charles turns the page to a lesser-known part of history in her new novel, “Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade.”
In 1918, an intrepid American librarian, Jessie Carson, arrives in a war-torn France tasked with restoring library services by the American Committee for Devastated France, a volunteer civilian relief organization made up of courageous women headquartered less than 40 miles from the frontlines of World War I.
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