The year is 1946. The World War has ended and our heroine, Mary Ann, has lost her parents. Her wonderful Uncle Marcel has also passed away, but he managed to instill in her an uncompromising love of books. Mary Ann finds refuge in a small French village, where she used to spend her summers with her family. She must recover from her loss, while at the same time the village is recovering from the traumas left by the war. Upon her release from the hospital, Mary Ann's task is to rebuild the village library, which was destroyed by the Germans. The spirit of the times emerges from the pages: France under German occupation, and the complex process of the birth of the State of Israel, which draws Mary Ann to it with a thicket of love. A summer library invites Mary Ann, and us too, to reflect on the value of reading. Books keep us company in difficult times, advise us when making fateful decisions. Mary Ann's literary recommendations to the villagers have a healing effect on the community, like uplifting alchemical prescriptions or potions. The lush summer washes over the village in all its beauty: blooming gardens, awakening souls and shining light on the ancient houses; life returns to the village, and so does the search for happiness, love and survival at all costs. This is a delicacy for lovers of literature, and for anyone who sees in books the potential — if not to change the entire world, then to revolutionize our own souls. This book is the third book in the "Reserve" collectors' series.