Margery is subsequently arrested and jailed. Just as things are looking up, the Clem's body is found with his head bashed in and a bloody copy of Little Women nearby.

Moreover, Margery discovers that a lot of the damage wasn't from the flood, but from mining residue (coal slurry) from one of Hoffman's dams which broke. In the aftermath, Margery tells her loving boyfriend, Sven, that she is pregnant. Then, a flood happens and the librarians help to save the day. Van Cleve shoots Margery's dog and tries to get the library shut down. Frustrated and unable to convince Alice to come back, Mr. Van Cleve is physically violent with Alice, so Alice leaves and moves in with Margery. When Alice refuses to leave the librarians, Mr. Van Cleve starts to see Margery and the library as his enemy. When Margery begins a campaign to prevent more mines from being built (letting people know it would destroy their homes), Mr. But miners are being injured there due to dangerous conditions. Van Cleve lives with them and runs the mining company in town, Hoffman Mining. One night Margery is attacked by a man ( Clem McCullough) who'd had beef with Margery's late father, but she hits him with a book and gets away.Īlice's controlling father-in-law, Mr. As interest grows, they bring on Sophia, a black woman and former professional librarian, to help them manage and organize the library. There is initial resistance, but they slowly win people over. The main library is at Fred Guisler's cabin, and the women ride horses to deliver books around town and to the rural areas. (It's later implied/rumored that Bennett is gay.) Alice is an Englishwoman who moved here to be with her new husband, Bennett, but is unhappy in her marriage.

They end up with Margery, Beth, Izzy and Alice Van Cleve. In Fall of 1937 in Baileyville, Kentucky, they are looking for volunteers to join a new traveling library, made possible by WPA (government) funds.

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