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The Librarian of Bertiswil

The Librarian of Bertiswil

Medeiros

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN13: 9798993349121
Publisher: Plumeria Tree Press
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 366
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Beginning in the remote countryside of Aargau, Switzerland in the early nineteenth century, The Librarian of Bertiswil follows Elisabetha Villiger, a plain, bookish farmer's daughter who expects her life to be small. She finds comfort in the written word even as the world around her narrows-until fate has other plans.

Her first marriage to the cold, enigmatic librarian of the town of Sins behind her, Elisabetha's second marriage carries her to the hamlet of Bertiswil in Luzern, where hardship and an unexpected burden of sacrifice reshape everything she thought she knew about duty, faith, and herself.

Turning to the only wealth she possesses-her books-Elisabetha builds a modest library and opens it to neighbors and farmhands, teaching anyone who wishes to learn to read and write. What begins as a quiet act of generosity becomes something far larger when a group of Verdingkinder-indentured child laborers-arrive at her doorstep seeking safety.

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