The Resource A Star for Mrs. Blake : A novel, April Smith, (electronic resource)
A Star for Mrs. Blake : A novel, April Smith, (electronic resource)
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The item A Star for Mrs. Blake : A novel, April Smith, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons? graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged, brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of these women. They are strangers at the start, but their lives will become inextricably intertwined, altered in indelible ways. These very different Gold Star Mothers travel to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery to say final good-byes to their sons and come together along the way to face the unexpected: a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed.? None of these pilgrims will be as affected as Cora Blake, who has lived almost her entire life in a small fishing village off the coast of Maine, caring for her late sister?s three daughters, hoping to fill the void left by the death of her son, Sammy, who was killed on a scouting mission during the final days of the war. Cora believes she is managing as well as can be expected in the midst of the Depression, but nothing has prepared her for what lies ahead on this unpredictable journey, including an extraordinary encounter with an expatriate American journalist, Griffin Reed, who was wounded in the trenches and hides behind a metal mask, one of hundreds of “tin noses” who became symbols of the war. With expert storytelling, memorable characters, and beautiful prose, April Smith gives us a timeless story, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, set against a footnote of history??little known, yet unforgettable. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 352 p.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Isbn
- 9780307958853
- Label
- A Star for Mrs. Blake : A novel
- Title
- A Star for Mrs. Blake
- Title remainder
- A novel
- Statement of responsibility
- April Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons? graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged, brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of these women. They are strangers at the start, but their lives will become inextricably intertwined, altered in indelible ways. These very different Gold Star Mothers travel to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery to say final good-byes to their sons and come together along the way to face the unexpected: a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed.? None of these pilgrims will be as affected as Cora Blake, who has lived almost her entire life in a small fishing village off the coast of Maine, caring for her late sister?s three daughters, hoping to fill the void left by the death of her son, Sammy, who was killed on a scouting mission during the final days of the war. Cora believes she is managing as well as can be expected in the midst of the Depression, but nothing has prepared her for what lies ahead on this unpredictable journey, including an extraordinary encounter with an expatriate American journalist, Griffin Reed, who was wounded in the trenches and hides behind a metal mask, one of hundreds of “tin noses” who became symbols of the war. With expert storytelling, memorable characters, and beautiful prose, April Smith gives us a timeless story, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, set against a footnote of history??little known, yet unforgettable. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide
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- MnSpTMCL
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- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, April
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mothers and sons
- Parental grief
- United States
- World War, 1914-1918
- Cemeteries
- Label
- A Star for Mrs. Blake : A novel, April Smith, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 352 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307958853
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- dydncg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)dydncg9
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- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 2.5 MB)
- Label
- A Star for Mrs. Blake : A novel, April Smith, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 352 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307958853
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- dydncg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)dydncg9
- System details
-
- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 2.5 MB)
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