How can I get iPhoto backup to open as main library?

This is probably my first mistake- I only copy and pasted my iPhoto icon to my external drive- and it opened and I saw all my photo's and streams. So being a newbie I figured it worked.
I reinstalled OS X Mavericks because I wanted to start fresh. Now, using my external hard drive, I can't open the pasted "iPhoto"- a message pops up saying
"Caution: The iPhoto Library is a Time Machine backup, and so cannot be used as the main library. Reopen iPhoto with the option key held down to choose another library."
There is no other library I want, nor need- I need that one- it has my last year basically of my children- one of them who is going to pass from terminal cancer. I need a miracle. Nerds?! Geeks?! I NEED YOU!

certainly it allows you to restore a single file - or the iPhoto library package
the procedure is detailed in the link I provided
Basically you launch the Time Machine Application and go back in time to the time your want to restore from and using a finder looking window you select the iPhoto library in your pictures folder for that time and click restore
Restoring data from Time Machine backups
With Time Machine, you can go "back in time" to restore files, versions of files, or your entire system. Make sure your backup drive is connected and mounted. If it is not, Time Machine alerts you that "Your Time Machine backup disk can't be found."
Restoring specific files or folders
Choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu. The restore interface appears. You can literally see your windows as they appeared "back in time."
You can use the timeline on the right side of the window to reach a certain point back in time. The timeline shows the times of all backups on your backup drive. If you don’t know exactly when you deleted or changed a file, you can use the back arrow to let Time Machine automatically travel through time to show you when that folder last changed.
Note: Dates in pink indicate the data resides on your Time Machine backup device. Dates in white indicate the data resides on your Mac. In OS X Lion v10.7 and later, portable Macs include local snapshots.
You can also perform a Spotlight search from the Finder. Simply enter a search term in the Spotlight search field, and use the back arrow to have Time Machine search through your backups to find what you are looking for.
Before you restore a file, you can also use Quick Look to preview a file to make sure its the one you want. Highlight the file and press the Space Bar to bring up a quick look.
To restore, select the file/folder and click the "Restore" button. The file will automatically be copied to the desktop or appropriate folder. If the file you are restoring has another file in the same location with the same name, you will be prompted to choose which file to keep or keep both.
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