The Uncommon Reader is a refreshing funny novella which is a celebration of the pleasure of reading.
On a walk around the palace, the Queen stumbles on the mobile library which comes once a week for Buckingham Palace employees. Within the library, she meets Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen and they form a strange friendship where Norman teaches the Queen about the joys of reading the liberating pleasure of the written word.
This new found love of books brings an upset to the Queens aides and the Prime Minister who didn’t understand the power of books and believe that books are stopping the Queen from doing her royal duties. They feel Norman is a bad influence and orchestrate his removal from the Palace, but the Queen just thinks Norman left her and is upset. However, a chance encounter brings them together again and the Queen finds out what happened which leads to serious consequences for her aides.
The Uncommon Reader is a great funny and charming book which I do recommend you read.
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