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Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for free speech on the front lines of our vicious culture wars. Small town librarian Amanda Jones has been called a groomer, a pedo, and a porn-pusher; she has faced death threats and attacks from strangers and friends alike. When she stood up for diverse perspectives at a public library board meeting, she became a target for extremists using book banning campaigns-funded by dark money organizations and advanced by hard right politicians-in a crusade to make America more white, straight, and "Christian". But…
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Editions
3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2024Cengage Gale · 485 pages · 9781420516968
- Other · English · 2025Bloomsbury Publishing USA · 288 pages · 9781639737246
- Other · English · 2024Bloomsbury Publishing USA · 9781639733538
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