![]() ![]() Halpern, a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, places the library at the center of the action and skillfully manages what could have been a trite story about a stock group of characters. But those days are long gone, and the main sign of the town's past glory is the library, built as one of the Carnegie libraries in 1912. Riverton had been a thriving mill town, employing hundreds and supporting citizens from barbers to doctors, from businessmen to laborers. ![]() ![]() Sue Halpern's eighth book, "Summer Hours at the Robbers Library" (Harper, 2018) is a fast-paced and complex novel about a diverse cast of characters in a small New Hampshire town that is well past its best days. ![]()
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