The Friends group is an association of concerned citizens who use their talents, skills, and interests to:

• focus public attention on the Library.
• stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services.
• receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests.
• assist in developing Library services and facilities for the community.

The Friends group is an association of concerned citizens who use their talents, skills, and interests to:

• focus public attention on the Library.
• stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services.
• receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests.
• assist in developing Library services and facilities for the community.

The Friends group is an association of concerned citizens who use their talents, skills, and interests to:

• focus public attention on the Library.
• stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services.
• receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests.
• assist in developing Library services and facilities for the community.

The Friends group is an association of concerned citizens who use their talents, skills, and interests to:

• focus public attention on the Library.
• stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services.
• receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests.
• assist in developing Library services and facilities for the community.

The Friends group is an association of concerned citizens who use their talents, skills, and interests to:

• focus public attention on the Library.
• stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services.
• receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests.
• assist in developing Library services and facilities for the community.

The Friends group is an association of concerned citizens who use their talents, skills, and interests to:

• focus public attention on the Library.
• stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services.
• receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests.
• assist in developing Library services and facilities for the community.

A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died; his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history; and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island—from Chief Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who's always felt kindly toward him; from Ismay, his sister-in-law, who is hell-bent on saving A.J.