Highly-strung head librarian Frances O'Brien has to face her past when her ex-best friend applies for a job and her world is turned upside down.

Frances is flushed with excitement over Book Week but not for long. The truth behind Dawn's accident is revealed and Frances and Christine are brought together in the most unlikely circumstance.

Frances O'Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, is back at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre, but being head librarian of this outer suburban library is harder than ever.